Model comparison
Codestral vs Nemotron 3 Ultra
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index. Codestral costs 2.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Ultra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nemotron 3 Ultra leads 30.3 to 19.1.
- Codestral is cheaper at $0.30 / $0.90 per million input/output tokens, against $0.60 / $2.40 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 256K.
Side by side
| Codestral | Nemotron 3 Ultra | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 30.1 | 44.7 |
| Released | 2024-05-29 | 2026-06-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 262K |
| Max output | 4K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $0.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.90 | $2.40 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Codestral: 26.9 (#316), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 37.7 (#174)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | — | 13.6% |
| Aider Polyglot | 11.1% | — |
| SciCode | — | 40.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 43.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 41.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1468 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 137.78 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 73.8% | — |
| MBPP+ | 61.9% | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Codestral: 19.1 (#244), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 30.3 (#78)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 32.5% | — |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1452 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 20% |
| DTBench | — | 90.1% |
| LMCA | — | 36.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.2 |
Math Not comparable
Codestral: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 34.4 (#160)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| ProofBench | — | 2% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1456 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codestral: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#56)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 85.4% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1472 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Codestral: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.7 (#61)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1427 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1498 |
| LMArena French | — | 1475 |
| LMArena German | — | 1471 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1387 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1415 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1452 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Codestral: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.9 (#84)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1417 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codestral: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#77)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1437 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Codestral: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#35)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1444 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1392 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1692 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1412 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codestral better than Nemotron 3 Ultra?
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index. Codestral costs 2.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Ultra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Codestral or Nemotron 3 Ultra?
Codestral is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $0.90 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra lists at $0.60 and $2.40.
Is Codestral or Nemotron 3 Ultra better for coding?
Nemotron 3 Ultra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.7 versus 26.9 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nemotron 3 Ultra does, with 262K tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Codestral and Nemotron 3 Ultra share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codestral has 7 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Ultra has 29.