DeepSeek R1 Zero vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 Comparison

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

3 benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Zero outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is better at 3 benchmarks (GPQA, LiveCodeBench, MATH-500).

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

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DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Zero
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

418.0B diff

DeepSeek R1 Zero has 418.0B more parameters than Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1, making it 165.2% larger.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Zero
671.0Bparameters
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1
253.0Bparameters
671.0B
DeepSeek R1 Zero
253.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

License

Usage and distribution terms

DeepSeek R1 Zero is licensed under MIT, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 uses Llama 3.1 Community License.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

DeepSeek R1 Zero

MIT

Open weights

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek R1 Zero was released on 2025-01-20, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 was released on 2025-04-07.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 is 3 months newer than DeepSeek R1 Zero.

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Jan 20, 2025

1.2 years ago

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Apr 7, 2025

11 months ago

2mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-01, while DeepSeek R1 Zero's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1's training data extends to 2023-12-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without DeepSeek R1 Zero's cutoff date.

DeepSeek R1 Zero

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Higher GPQA score (76.0% vs 73.3%)
Higher LiveCodeBench score (66.3% vs 50.0%)
Higher MATH-500 score (97.0% vs 95.9%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Zero
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253B v1