Model comparison
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct vs Mistral
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
Mistral AISummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads 31.3 to 16.3.
- Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Mistral | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 35.2 | 29.4 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 12 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 35.0 (#219), Mistral: 33.2 (#249)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1162 |
Reasoning Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 22.5 (#177), Mistral: 21.3 (#199)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1204 | 1149 |
Math Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 32.0 (#189), Mistral: 20.5 (#275)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1230 | 1180 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |
Knowledge Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 31.3 (#213), Mistral: 16.3 (#283)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1167 | 1125 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |
Multilingual Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 36.3 (#236), Mistral: 33.0 (#249)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1181 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1179 | 1109 |
| LMArena Russian | 1186 | 1168 |
| LMArena French | — | 1179 |
| LMArena German | — | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1012 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1032 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1143 |
Instruction Following Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 63.2 (#228), Mistral: 52.9 (#283)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1201 | 1152 |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |
Long Context Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 36.5 (#225), Mistral: 35.0 (#240)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1154 |
Writing & Preference Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 43.5 (#224), Mistral: 37.2 (#255)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1228 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1213 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1147 |
| WildBench | — | 66% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct better than Mistral?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct or Mistral better for coding?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.0 versus 33.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct and Mistral share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct has 12 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.