Model comparison
Amazon Nova Pro vs DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Pro scores higher in 0 categories and DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads 61.0 to 43.9.
- DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus is cheaper at $0.27 / $1 per million input/output tokens, against $0.80 / $3.20 for Amazon Nova Pro.
- Amazon Nova Pro accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 164K.
- DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Pro | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | DeepSeek |
| Noometry Index | 31.0 | 43.1 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-09-22 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | 164K |
| Max output | 10K | 147K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.80 | $0.27 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $3.20 | $1 |
| Results tracked | 38 | 16 |
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Category by category
Coding DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 35.1 (#229), DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 42.0 (#113)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1270 | 1426 |
| SciCode | — | 40.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | 38.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 745.17 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Pro: 16.7 (#147), DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 25% | — |
| TheAgentCompany | 1.7% | — |
Reasoning DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 20.0 (#243), DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 26.4 (#133)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1246 | 1426 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 57.4% |
| CritPt | — | 1.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 32.6% | — |
| DTBench | — | 81.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 48.3% | — |
| LMCA | — | 28.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 123.8 | — |
| LiveBench | 43.5% | — |
Math DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 28.5 (#243), DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 38.5 (#137)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1252 | 1402 |
| Omni-MATH | 24.2% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 38% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Amazon Nova Pro: 27.4 (#250), DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus |
|---|---|---|
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.4% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 30.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 44.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1211 | — |
| MMLU | 82% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Pro: 25.0 (#126), DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 980 | — |
Multilingual DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 39.7 (#223), DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 52.1 (#92)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1234 | 1407 |
| LMArena Russian | 1240 | 1436 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1244 | — |
| LMArena French | 1271 | — |
| LMArena German | 1243 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1200 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1203 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1182 | — |
Instruction Following DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 64.9 (#226), DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 74.0 (#106)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1235 | 1404 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 67.1% | — |
| IFEval | 81.5% | — |
Long Context DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 38.1 (#205), DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 43.4 (#97)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1255 | 1421 |
Writing & Preference DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus leads
Amazon Nova Pro: 43.9 (#226), DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: 61.0 (#92)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Pro | DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1259 | 1419 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1212 | 1403 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1246 | 1411 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 60.5% | — |
| WildBench | 77.7% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 37% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Pro better than DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus?
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Pro or DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus?
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus is cheaper. It lists at $0.27 per million input tokens and $1 per million output tokens; Amazon Nova Pro lists at $0.80 and $3.20.
Is Amazon Nova Pro or DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus better for coding?
DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.0 versus 35.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Amazon Nova Pro does, with 300K tokens against 164K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Pro and DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Pro has 38 scored results on Noometry and DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus has 16.