API cost decision in 10 seconds

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B vs 🔥DeepSeek V3.2

Pick Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B when budget and context both matter.

Pricing data updated:  Prices normalized to USD per 1M tokens Sample workload: 1M input + 500K output

Budget verdict

Pick Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B when budget and context both matter.

On the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is estimated at $0.15 vs $0.44 for DeepSeek V3.2, saving $0.29 (66% lower).

Cost-first pickNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Context-first pickNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Sample savings$0.2966%
10x traffic gap$2.91

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper on the standard workload and also has the larger context window. At 10x that traffic, the same price gap is about $2.91. Use the calculator below to replace the sample workload with your own token volume.

Cost sensitivity

Workload Sensitivity

Same prices, different token mixes.

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B stays cheaper across input-heavy, balanced, and output-heavy sample workloads.

Workload shapeToken mixBetter pickNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BDeepSeek V3.2
Input-heavy / RAG 5M input + 500K output Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.35 $1.45
Balanced workload 1M input + 1M output Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.25 $0.63
Output-heavy chatbot 1M input + 5M output Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $1.05 $2.14
Cheaper inputNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B$0.05 vs $0.25 / 1M
Cheaper outputNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B$0.2 vs $0.38 / 1M
Larger contextNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B262.14K vs 131.07K
Sample workloadNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B$0.15 vs $0.44

Estimate your workload cost

Your Workload Cost

Prices are normalized to USD per 1M tokens.
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BCalculating…Estimated API cost
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This estimate uses normalized public API pricing per 1M tokens. It is a planning aid, not a billing quote. Verify provider pricing, limits, and terms before production use.

Quick Decision

Verdict

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has the lower input price, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has the lower output price, and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B offers the larger context window.

For a 1M input token plus 500K output token workload, the estimated API cost is $0.15 for Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B and $0.44 for DeepSeek V3.2.

Best Fit

Choose Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B when you care most about lower input-token price, lower output-token price, and larger context window.

Choose DeepSeek V3.2 when its provider, model quality, latency, or availability is more important than the numeric price/context winner.

Head-to-Head Specs
FeatureNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
(NVIDIA)		🔥DeepSeek V3.2
(DeepSeek)
Input Price
prompt tokens per 1M		$0.05$0.25
Completion Price
per 1M tokens		$0.2$0.38
Sample Workload Cost
1M input + 500K output		$0.15$0.44
Context Window262.14K131.07K
Release Date2025-12-142025-12-01
Popularity#8
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is a small language MoE model with highest compute efficiency and accuracy for developers to build specialized agentic AI systems. The model is fully...

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DeepSeek-V3.2 is a large language model designed to harmonize high computational efficiency with strong reasoning and agentic tool-use performance. It introduces DeepSeek Sparse Attention (DSA), a fine-grained sparse attention mechanism...

Use-Case Decision Matrix

Use caseBetter pickWhy
Budget-constrained productionNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BOn the standard 1M input plus 500K output workload, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is estimated at $0.15 vs $0.44 for DeepSeek V3.2, saving $0.29 (66% lower).
High-volume input processingNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLower prompt-token price matters most when prompts or retrieved passages dominate the bill.
Long responses and chatbotsNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLower output-token price matters most when assistants generate many completion tokens.
RAG or long-document workNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BA larger context window leaves more room for retrieved passages and source files.