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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning vs Qwen3.8 Flash Next

Too close to call on our weighted score (DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp 70, Qwen3.8 Flash Next 70, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning 69). The right pick depends on what you value most.

  1. DeepSeek

    DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp

    Released Aug 21, 2026

    70/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.216 / $0.647
    • Context1M
  2. NVIDIA

    Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning

    Released Apr 28, 2026

    69/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.25 / $0.85
    • Context256K
  3. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3.8 Flash Next

    Released Aug 27, 2026

    70/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.20 / $0.50
    • Context262K
01 — Verdict

Too close to call

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp 70/100, Qwen3.8 Flash Next 70/100, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning 69/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Qwen3.8 Flash Next on price and DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp for long inputs. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

  • CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
  • Lowest priceQwen3.8 Flash NextQwen3.8 Flash Next $0.275 · DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp $0.323 · Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning $0.40 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp 1,000,000 · Qwen3.8 Flash Next 262,144 · Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning 256,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B ReasoningDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp: Text, Images · Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning: Text, Images, Audio, Video · Qwen3.8 Flash Next: Text, Images, Video
  • Self-hostingAll open weightsEvery model here can be downloaded and run on your own hardware
How the score is built
MeasureWeightDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B ReasoningQwen3.8 Flash Next
Price50%736976
Inputs & features30%709080
Context window20%603637
Overall100%70/10069/10070/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp vs Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning vs Qwen3.8 Flash Next specifications side by side
SpecificationDeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeekNemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B ReasoningNVIDIAQwen3.8 Flash NextAlibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)———
ECI rank———
Price per million tokens
Input$0.216$0.25$0.20 (best)
Output$0.647$0.85$0.50 (best)
Cached input———
Blended (3:1)$0.323$0.40$0.275 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceMedian of 15 providersMedian of 4 providersMedian of 5 providers
Limits
Context window1,000,000 tokens (best)256,000 tokens262,144 tokens
Max output384,000 tokens (best)65,536 tokens131,072 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesYesYesYes
PDFsNoNoNo
AudioNoYesNo
VideoNoYesYes
ReasoningYesYesYes
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputYesYesYes
Availability
WeightsOpenMITOpenOpenqwen-community-1.0
API model ID—nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-omni-30b-a3b-reasoning—
API providers15 (best)85
ReleasedAug 21, 2026Apr 28, 2026Aug 27, 2026
Knowledge cutoff———
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.

  • DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp$3.45
  • Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning$4.20
  • Qwen3.8 Flash Next$3.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning or Qwen3.8 Flash Next?

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp 70/100, Qwen3.8 Flash Next 70/100, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning 69/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Qwen3.8 Flash Next on price and DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp for long inputs. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning or Qwen3.8 Flash Next?

Qwen3.8 Flash Next is cheaper at $0.20 input / $0.50 output per million tokens (median across 5 API providers). DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp costs $0.216 input / $0.647 output per million tokens (median across 15 API providers); Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning costs $0.25 input / $0.85 output per million tokens (median across 4 API providers; free on Nvidia). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.275 per million tokens for Qwen3.8 Flash Next versus $0.323 for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp (1.2× as much) and $0.40 for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning (1.5× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp has not been scored yet, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning has not been scored yet and Qwen3.8 Flash Next has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning and Qwen3.8 Flash Next yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp has the largest context window at 1,000,000 tokens, against 262,144 for Qwen3.8 Flash Next and 256,000 for Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning. Maximum output per response: DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp up to 384,000, Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning up to 65,536, Qwen3.8 Flash Next up to 131,072 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp accepts text and images; Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning accepts text, images, audio and video; Qwen3.8 Flash Next accepts text, images and video. Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

Yes, all three publish their weights (MIT and qwen-community-1.0), so you can self-host them.

Which is newer?

Qwen3.8 Flash Next is the newest, released Aug 27, 2026. DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp came out Aug 21, 2026; Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning came out Apr 28, 2026.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.