Model comparison
Magistral Medium vs Nemotron 3 Super
Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
NVIDIASummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Medium scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3 Super in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nemotron 3 Super leads 18.7 to 8.6.
- Nemotron 3 Super is cheaper at $0.08 / $0.45 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $5 for Magistral Medium.
Side by side
| Magistral Medium | Nemotron 3 Super | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 35.2 | 40.1 |
| Released | 2025-03-17 | 2026-03-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 16K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $0.08 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $5 | $0.45 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161), Nemotron 3 Super: 39.4 (#158)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 39.2% | 36% |
| LMArena Coding | 1319 | 1403 |
| WeirdML | — | 38% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 213.9 |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Super leads
Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348), Nemotron 3 Super: 18.7 (#276)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0.3% | 3.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1267 | 1386 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 16.2% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 15.4% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 6.1% | — |
Math Nemotron 3 Super leads
Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189), Nemotron 3 Super: 39.6 (#101)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1250 | 1380 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 60.4% |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Super leads
Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202), Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1398 |
Multilingual Nemotron 3 Super leads
Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224), Nemotron 3 Super: 48.4 (#144)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1232 | 1355 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1227 | 1432 |
| LMArena French | 1267 | 1405 |
| LMArena German | 1248 | 1341 |
| LMArena Russian | 1224 | 1336 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1271 | 1417 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1125 | — |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Super leads
Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211), Nemotron 3 Super: 71.2 (#154)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1254 | 1347 |
Long Context Nemotron 3 Super leads
Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183), Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#139)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1295 | 1362 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Super leads
Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219), Nemotron 3 Super: 55.9 (#140)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1255 | 1378 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1245 | 1317 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | 1369 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Medium better than Nemotron 3 Super?
Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Magistral Medium or Nemotron 3 Super?
Nemotron 3 Super is cheaper. It lists at $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.45 per million output tokens; Magistral Medium lists at $2 and $5.
Is Magistral Medium or Nemotron 3 Super better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (39.1 vs 39.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 262K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Medium and Nemotron 3 Super share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Medium has 22 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Super has 21.