The current standard for computational neutronic analysis of nuclear power plants (NPPs) is the so-called conventional approach, which relies on few-group, coarse-mesh diffusion calculations. The recent evolution of computing clusters and computational techniques gives the opportunity to use codes that perform first principles–based multiphysics simulations, allowing high resolution of the calculated parameters. The goal of this work is to assess the performance of the deterministic high-resolution transport code nTRACER and the nodal code PARCS on the basis of VVER core configurations. The V1000-2D benchmarks of the