DeepSeek V3.2 Exp vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 match in llmrun Score, with values of 109.0 versus 109.9; neither fits 24 GB.

Model A · DeepSeek

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

109.0llmrun Score

685.4B · 41B active · 160K context · MIT · Sep 2025

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Model B · NVIDIA

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

109.9llmrun Score

560.5B · 57B active · 256K context · Other · Jun 2026

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Which should you choose?

Choose DeepSeek V3.2 Exp if you want…

More permissive license
MIT vs Other

Choose NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 if you want…

Stronger at science
111.8 vs 101.2
Ahead on the benchmarks
5 of 5 shared boards
Longer context window
256K vs 160K tokens
Newer release
Jun 2026 vs Sep 2025

On your hardware

Each model at its default quant (Q4_K_M), a smaller one when it must. Estimates, ±20%.

MemoryDeepSeek V3.2 ExpNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

8 GB

RTX 4060 · 8 GB tier

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 292.8 GB

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 178 GB

12 GB

RTX 3060 12GB · 12 GB tier

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 292.8 GB

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 178 GB

16 GB

RTX 5060 Ti 16GB · 16 GB tier

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 292.8 GB

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 178 GB

24 GBreference

RTX 4090 · 24 GB tier

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 292.8 GB

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 178 GB

32 GB

RTX 5090 · 32 GB tier

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 292.8 GB

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 178 GB

48 GB

RTX A6000 · 48 GB tier

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 292.8 GB

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 178 GB

Mac 32 GB

Mac Mini M4 · Macs

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 292.8 GB

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 178 GB

Mac 64 GB

Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 292.8 GB

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 178 GB

Mac 128 GB

Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 292.8 GB

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 178 GB

Reference GPU: RTX 4090. Tinted cell = the better pick on that machine (fits, more headroom, or at least 10% faster).

llmrun Score

with its 90% range · bars share one scale

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

Overall

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

109.0105–113

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

109.9107–113

Coding

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

106.8101–113

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

104.099–109

Agents

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

no data

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

102.188–116

Math

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

no data

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

112.0105–119

Science

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

101.280–122

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

111.8102–121

Reasoning

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

113.4104–123

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

116.4110–123

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp · #30 of 100 open models · #27 of 96 that fit ≤512 GB

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 · #26 of 100 open models · #23 of 96 that fit ≤512 GB

Benchmarks

5 shared boards: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp leads 0, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 leads 5 · Benchmarks imported Oct 2026

BoardDeepSeek V3.2 ExpNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

SciCode

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

38.9%#33/66 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Sep 2025

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

40.3%#29/66 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026

WeirdML

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

39.5%#24/46 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Sep 2025

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

43.5%#16/46 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Jun 2026

CritPt

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

2.9%#25/66 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Sep 2025

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

3.1%#24/66 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026

DTBench

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

87.7%#10/68 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Sep 2025

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

90.1%#7/68 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026

LMCA

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

29.1%#24/54 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Sep 2025

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

36.9%#13/54 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026

23 more boards (other shared and single-model boards)

LMArena Text

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

1425.1#28/187 open

ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

1426.0#27/187 open

ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026

Only DeepSeek V3.2 Exp (6)

Only NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 (16)

VRAM by quantization

Memory to load the model and 2K context; below it, the total at 32K and 128K context. Lighter side in bold.

QuantDeepSeek V3.2 ExpNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

Q2_K

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

295 GB~291.3 GB file

32K 294 GB · 128K 301 GB

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

262 GB~238.2 GB file

32K 280 GB · 128K 338 GB

Q3_K_M

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

338 GB~334.1 GB file

32K 337 GB · 128K 344 GB

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

301 GB274.0 GB file

32K 319 GB · 128K 376 GB

Q4_K_M

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

415 GB~411.2 GB file

32K 414 GB · 128K 421 GB

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

370 GB359.2 GB file

32K 388 GB · 128K 446 GB

Q5_K_M

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

492 GB~488.4 GB file

32K 491 GB · 128K 498 GB

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

439 GB426.5 GB file

32K 457 GB · 128K 515 GB

Q6_K

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

569 GB~565.5 GB file

32K 568 GB · 128K 575 GB

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

509 GB460.7 GB file

32K 527 GB · 128K 585 GB

Q8_0

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

689 GB~685.4 GB file

32K 688 GB · 128K 695 GB

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

617 GB584.3 GB file

32K 635 GB · 128K 692 GB

10 more quants

IQ2_XXS

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

not listed

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

170 GB193.8 GB file

32K 188 GB · 128K 245 GB

IQ2_XS

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

not listed

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

185 GB169.5 GB file

32K 203 GB · 128K 261 GB

IQ2_M

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

not listed

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

208 GB194.0 GB file

32K 226 GB · 128K 284 GB

IQ3_XXS

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

not listed

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

239 GB223.3 GB file

32K 257 GB · 128K 315 GB

IQ3_S

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

not listed

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

262 GB250.5 GB file

32K 280 GB · 128K 338 GB

IQ4_XS

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

not listed

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

331 GB286.1 GB file

32K 349 GB · 128K 407 GB

IQ4_NL

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

not listed

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

347 GB294.2 GB file

32K 365 GB · 128K 423 GB

Q4_K_S

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

not listed

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

347 GB327.7 GB file

32K 365 GB · 128K 423 GB

Q5_K_S

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

not listed

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

424 GB391.7 GB file

32K 442 GB · 128K 500 GB

BF16

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

1375 GB~1370.8 GB file

32K 1373 GB · 128K 1380 GB

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

1233 GB1099.0 GB file

32K 1251 GB · 128K 1309 GB

How to run each

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp

No local recipe · Q4_K_M

No GGUF repo entry exists for this model yet.

All ways to run DeepSeek V3.2 Exp →

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16

Ollama · Q4_K_M

$ollama run hf.co/unsloth/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Ultra-550B-A55B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

All ways to run NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 →

Specifications

Specifications of DeepSeek V3.2 Exp and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
Spec	DeepSeek V3.2 Exp	NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
Publisher	DeepSeek	NVIDIA
Parameters	685.4B	560.5B
Active parameters	41B per token	57B per token
Architecture	DeepseekV32ForCausalLM	NemotronHForCausalLM
Context	160K tokens	256K tokens
Modalities	Chat, Function-calling	Chat, Function-calling
License	MIT	Other
Released	Sep 2025	Jun 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek V3.2 Exp or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16?

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 match in llmrun Score, with values of 109.0 versus 109.9; neither fits 24 GB. Choose DeepSeek V3.2 Exp for more permissive license; choose NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 for stronger at science and ahead on the benchmarks.

Which needs less VRAM, DeepSeek V3.2 Exp or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16?

At Q4_K_M, DeepSeek V3.2 Exp requires 415.1 GB while NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 needs 370.0 GB, making NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 the easier model to run on your local setup.

Can I run DeepSeek V3.2 Exp or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 on a 16 GB GPU?

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp does not fit (smallest quant needs 292.8 GB); NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 does not fit (smallest quant needs 178 GB).

Which has a longer context window, DeepSeek V3.2 Exp or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16?

DeepSeek V3.2 Exp supports 163,840 tokens and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 supports 262,144 tokens.