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Model comparison

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct vs Mistral Large 3

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct NVIDIA

37.6

Rank #203 Confirmed

Mistral Large 3 Mistral AI

39.1

Rank #176 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where Mistral Large 3 leads 52.5 to 40.5.

Side by side

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b InstructMistral Large 3
ProviderNVIDIAMistral AI
Noometry Index37.639.1
Released2024-12-182025-12-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—8K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.25
Output $ / M tokens—$0.75
Results tracked1424

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Category by category

Coding Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.9 (#216), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b InstructMistral Large 3
LMArena Coding12721448
LMArena WebDev—1230
BigCodeBench Instruct38.7%—
BigCodeBench Complete48.2%—

Reasoning Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 25.0 (#152), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b InstructMistral Large 3
LMArena Hard Prompts12661429
Kagi LLM Benchmark—50.9%
NYT Connections (extended)—7.5%
Thematic Generalization—23%

Math Mistral Large 3 leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 35.5 (#182), Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b InstructMistral Large 3
LMArena Math12711414

Knowledge Mistral Large 3 leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 34.1 (#199), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b InstructMistral Large 3
LMArena Expert12421421
Vectara Hallucination Rate—14.5%

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b InstructMistral Large 3
LMArena Vision—1221

Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 40.5 (#217), Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b InstructMistral Large 3
LMArena Non-English12451413
LMArena Chinese12631447
LMArena Russian12271411
LMArena French—1455
LMArena German—1437
LMArena Japanese—1394
LMArena Korean—1384
LMArena Spanish—1440

Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 65.9 (#213), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b InstructMistral Large 3
LMArena Instruction Following12521403

Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 37.6 (#215), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b InstructMistral Large 3
LMArena Longer Query12381413

Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct: 48.4 (#203), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)

BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70b InstructMistral Large 3
LMArena Text12831428
LMArena Creative Writing12691386
LMArena Multi-Turn12751429
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1412

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct better than Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.9 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct and Mistral Large 3 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.

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