DeepSeek V3.2 vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
DeepSeek V3.2 and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 match in llmrun Score, with values of 110.4 versus 111.0; neither fits 24 GB.
Model A · DeepSeek
DeepSeek V3.2685.4B · 41B active · 160K context · MIT · Dec 2025
Model B · NVIDIA
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16560.5B · 57B active · 256K context · Other · Jun 2026
Choose DeepSeek V3.2 if you want…
More permissive license
MIT vs Other
Choose NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 if you want…
Longer context window
256K vs 160K tokens
Also does function-calling
DeepSeek V3.2 doesn't list it
Newer release
Jun 2026 vs Dec 2025
On your hardware
Each model at its default quant (Q4_K_M), a smaller one when it must. Estimates, ±20%.
8 GB
RTX 4060 · 8 GB tier
DeepSeek V3.2
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 189.9 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
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 189.9 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
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 189.9 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
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 189.9 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
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 189.9 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
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 189.9 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
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 189.9 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
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 189.9 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
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 189.9 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).
Overall
DeepSeek V3.2
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
Coding
DeepSeek V3.2
no data
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
Agents
DeepSeek V3.2
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
no data
Math
DeepSeek V3.2
no data
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
Science
DeepSeek V3.2
no data
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
Reasoning
DeepSeek V3.2
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
DeepSeek V3.2 · #24 of 92 open models · #21 of 88 that fit ≤512 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 · #23 of 92 open models · #20 of 88 that fit ≤512 GB
Benchmarks
4 shared boards: DeepSeek V3.2 leads 1, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 leads 2 · Benchmarks imported Oct 2026
DeepSeek V3.2
1424.8#29/186 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
1426.1#27/186 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
DeepSeek V3.2
85.6%#15/68 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Dec 2025
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
90.1%#7/68 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
DeepSeek V3.2
28.8%#25/54 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Dec 2025
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
36.9%#13/54 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
DeepSeek V3.2
8.0%#18/26 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Dec 2025
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
2.0%#23/26 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
23 more boards (other shared and single-model boards)
DeepSeek V3.2
21.3%#15/16 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Dec 2025
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
22.7%#14/16 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
Only DeepSeek V3.2 (11)
- SWE-bench Verified70.0%
- Terminal-Bench39.6%
- LMArena WebDev1362.2
- ARC-AGI-24.0%
- MMLU-Pro85.0%
- SWE-bench Multilingual59.0%
- SWE-bench Bash Only60.0%
- ARC-AGI57.0%
- SWE-bench Lite30.7%
- CL-bench12.4%
- CL-bench Life7.4%
Only NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 (11)
- GPQA Diamond85.4%
- LiveBench Coding70.7
- LiveBench Reasoning74.7
- AIME 2024/202586.7%
- LiveBench Math88.7
- SciCode40.3%
- WeirdML43.5%
- FrontierCode13.6%
- Chess Puzzles12.0%
- CritPt3.1%
- Mystery Game Puzzles20.0%
VRAM by quantization
Memory to load the model and 2K context; below it, the total at 32K and 128K context. Lighter side in bold.
Q2_K
DeepSeek V3.2
295 GB245.4 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_S
DeepSeek V3.2
304 GB290.4 GB file
32K 302 GB · 128K 309 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
not listed
Q3_K_M
DeepSeek V3.2
338 GB320.2 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_0
DeepSeek V3.2
347 GB380.1 GB file
32K 345 GB · 128K 352 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
not listed
Q4_K_M
DeepSeek V3.2
415 GB405.4 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
492 GB476.2 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
569 GB551.3 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
689 GB713.3 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
11 more quants
IQ2_XXS
DeepSeek V3.2
192 GB217.1 GB file
32K 191 GB · 128K 198 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
170 GB193.8 GB file
32K 188 GB · 128K 245 GB
IQ2_XS
DeepSeek V3.2
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
235 GB228.1 GB file
32K 234 GB · 128K 241 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
208 GB194.0 GB file
32K 226 GB · 128K 284 GB
IQ3_XXS
DeepSeek V3.2
269 GB273.1 GB file
32K 268 GB · 128K 275 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
239 GB223.3 GB file
32K 257 GB · 128K 315 GB
IQ3_S
DeepSeek V3.2
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
372 GB358.3 GB file
32K 371 GB · 128K 378 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
331 GB286.1 GB file
32K 349 GB · 128K 407 GB
IQ4_NL
DeepSeek V3.2
389 GB379.1 GB file
32K 388 GB · 128K 395 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
347 GB294.2 GB file
32K 365 GB · 128K 423 GB
Q4_1
DeepSeek V3.2
389 GB420.8 GB file
32K 388 GB · 128K 395 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
not listed
Q4_K_S
DeepSeek V3.2
389 GB381.1 GB file
32K 388 GB · 128K 395 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
347 GB327.7 GB file
32K 365 GB · 128K 423 GB
Q5_K_S
DeepSeek V3.2
475 GB462.6 GB file
32K 474 GB · 128K 481 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
424 GB391.7 GB file
32K 442 GB · 128K 500 GB
BF16
DeepSeek V3.2
1375 GB1342.3 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
DeepSeek V3.2
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/DeepSeek-V3.2-GGUF:Q4_K_MNVIDIA 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| Spec | DeepSeek V3.2 | 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 | Chat, Function-calling |
| License | MIT | Other |
| Released | Dec 2025 | Jun 2026 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is better, DeepSeek V3.2 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16?
DeepSeek V3.2 and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 match in llmrun Score, with values of 110.4 versus 111.0; neither fits 24 GB. Choose DeepSeek V3.2 for more permissive license; choose NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 for longer context window and also does function-calling.
Which needs less VRAM, DeepSeek V3.2 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16?
At Q4_K_M, DeepSeek V3.2 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 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 on a 16 GB GPU?
DeepSeek V3.2 does not fit (smallest quant needs 189.9 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 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16?
DeepSeek V3.2 supports 163,840 tokens and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 supports 262,144 tokens.