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DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 leads the LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 0.1.

DeepSeek · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 0.1, ranking #15 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017

  • overall performance matters — it scores 51.0 and ranks #15 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

  • you are already invested in the NVIDIA ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017
DeepSeek
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
NVIDIA
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
51.0
#15
0.1
#348
Reasoning
48.6
#18
-0.2
#341
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.30 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.20 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Math
31.8#67
6.9#278
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 · 11 for Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

693.2B diff

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 has 693.2B more parameters than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct, making it 990.3% larger.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017
763.2Bparameters
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
70.0Bparameters
763.2B
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017
70.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 specifies output context (393,216 tokens).

DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output393,216 tokens
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Oct 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct does not.

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 is licensed under MIT, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct uses Llama 3.1 Community License.

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

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017

MIT

Open weights

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 was released on 2026-10-17, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct was released on 2024-10-01.

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 is 25 months newer than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct.

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017

Oct 17, 2026

2 days ago

2.0yr newer
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Oct 1, 2024

2.0 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-01, while DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-12-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017's cutoff date.

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017

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Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Dec 2023

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017
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FAQ

Common questions about DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct.

Which is better, DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 leads the LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 0.1. DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 is made by DeepSeek and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 compare to Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct in benchmarks?

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 scores BabyVision: 92.5%, Chartography: 83.0%, DeepSWE 1.1: 77.0%, NL2Repo: 68.2%, AutomationBench: 60.5%. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.4%, HellaSwag: 85.6%, Winogrande: 84.5%, GSM8K Chat: 81.9%, MMLU Chat: 80.6%.

What are the context window sizes for DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 supports 1.0M tokens and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (51.0 vs 0.1), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (MIT vs Llama 3.1 Community License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 is developed by DeepSeek and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is developed by NVIDIA.

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