Model comparison
Devstral Small 2505 vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 33.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
NVIDIASummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads 26.0 to 19.1.
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.10 / $0.30 for Devstral Small 2505.
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Devstral Small 2505 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 33.9 | 39.9 |
| Released | 2025-05-07 | 2025-12-15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Max output | 128K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 4 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Devstral Small 2505: 38.6 (#160), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 39.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 56.4% | — |
| SciCode | 28.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1378 |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Devstral Small 2505: 19.1 (#243), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 26.0 (#123)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.7% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1348 |
Math Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 35.0 (#147)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1369 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 37.6 (#145)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1354 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 46.0 (#158)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1320 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1382 |
| LMArena French | — | 1396 |
| LMArena German | — | 1349 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1270 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1269 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1303 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1377 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 69.0 (#175)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1303 |
Long Context Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 39.5 (#170)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1300 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 52.5 (#169)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1348 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1269 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1319 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Devstral Small 2505 better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.9 to 33.9 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Devstral Small 2505 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Devstral Small 2505 lists at $0.10 and $0.30.
Is Devstral Small 2505 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B better for coding?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 38.6 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Devstral Small 2505 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Devstral Small 2505 has 4 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has 18.