Model comparison
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 vs Mistral Large 3
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
Mistral AISummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 leads 26.3 to 15.2.
Side by side
| Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | Mistral Large 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 36.7 | 39.1 |
| Released | — | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.75 |
| Results tracked | 11 | 24 |
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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), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1312 | 1448 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 15.7 (#149), Mistral Large 3: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 10% | — |
Reasoning Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 26.3 (#134), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1316 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
Math Mistral Large 3 leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 37.5 (#152), Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1360 | 1414 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: —, Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.5% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1421 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1221 |
Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 43.1 (#187), Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1282 | 1413 |
| LMArena Russian | 1284 | 1411 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1447 |
| 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 Ultra 253b v1: 69.0 (#178), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1308 | 1403 |
Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 39.5 (#177), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1299 | 1413 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1: 52.2 (#175), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1320 | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1314 | 1386 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1317 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 better than Mistral Large 3?
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 36.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.4 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 and Mistral Large 3 share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1 Nemotron Ultra 253b v1 has 11 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.