Model comparison
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct vs Mistral Small
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 33.4 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 4 categories and Mistral Small in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads 34.6 to 16.4.
Side by side
| Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Mistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 33.4 |
| Released | — | 2024-02-26 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 256K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.60 |
| Results tracked | 12 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 35.6 (#222), Mistral Small: 34.0 (#247)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1362 |
| SciCode | — | 26.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 36.1% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 36.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 46.6% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 497.62 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: —, Mistral Small: 28.1 (#93)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 37.1% |
Reasoning Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 23.5 (#177), Mistral Small: 19.8 (#250)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1203 | 1335 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 37.8% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 44.8% |
| DTBench | — | 70.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 53.7% |
| LMCA | — | 20.6% |
| LiveBench | — | 44% |
Math Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 34.6 (#193), Mistral Small: 16.4 (#293)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1230 | 1341 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 5.8% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 39.9% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 46.8% |
Knowledge Too close to call
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 31.9 (#218), Mistral Small: 31.0 (#222)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1167 | 1291 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.1% |
| MMLU | — | 68.7% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: —, Mistral Small: 33.5 (#96)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1142 |
Multilingual Mistral Small leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 36.1 (#241), Mistral Small: 45.5 (#169)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1181 | 1315 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1180 | 1340 |
| LMArena Russian | 1187 | 1324 |
| LMArena French | — | 1337 |
| LMArena German | — | 1340 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1275 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1259 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1346 |
Instruction Following Mistral Small leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 62.9 (#233), Mistral Small: 66.4 (#209)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1201 | 1310 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 63.7% |
Long Context Mistral Small leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 36.5 (#230), Mistral Small: 40.4 (#156)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1327 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct: 43.4 (#229), Mistral Small: 52.5 (#171)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1228 | 1338 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1213 | 1305 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1344 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 30.5% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct better than Mistral Small?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct or Mistral Small better for coding?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.6 versus 34.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct and Mistral Small share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 51b Instruct has 12 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small has 39.