Model comparison

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 vs Ministral 8B

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Ministral 8B Mistral AI

28.2

Rank #325 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 scores higher in 7 categories and Ministral 8B in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 leads 52.2 to 39.6.

Side by side

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 and Ministral 8B specifications
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1Ministral 8B
ProviderNVIDIAMistral AI
Noometry Index36.728.2
Released—2024-10-01
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—262K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.15
Output $ / M tokens—$0.15
Results tracked1117

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Category by category

Coding Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 38.4 (#177), Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1Ministral 8B
LMArena Coding13121202

Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 15.7 (#149), Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1Ministral 8B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard10%11.1%

Reasoning Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 26.3 (#134), Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1Ministral 8B
LMArena Hard Prompts13161191
DTBench—45.7%

Math Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 37.5 (#152), Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1Ministral 8B
LMArena Math13601188
MATH Level 5—14.9%

Knowledge Not comparable

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: —, Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1Ministral 8B
GPQA Diamond—27.1%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—7.4%
LMArena Expert—1170

Multilingual Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 43.1 (#187), Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1Ministral 8B
LMArena Non-English12821165
LMArena Russian12841195
LMArena Chinese—1193

Instruction Following Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 69.0 (#178), Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1Ministral 8B
LMArena Instruction Following13081161

Long Context Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 39.5 (#177), Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1Ministral 8B
LMArena Longer Query12991212

Writing & Preference Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 leads

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 52.2 (#175), Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkLlama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1Ministral 8B
LMArena Text13201191
LMArena Creative Writing13141175
LMArena Multi-Turn13171166

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 better than Ministral 8B?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 or Ministral 8B better for coding?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.4 versus 35.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 and Ministral 8B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 has 11 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.

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