Model comparison
Magistral Small vs Nemotron 3 Super
Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
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NVIDIASummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Small scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3 Super in 4 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Nemotron 3 Super leads 39.6 to 26.2.
- Nemotron 3 Super is cheaper at $0.08 / $0.45 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $1.50 for Magistral Small.
- Nemotron 3 Super accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Magistral Small | Nemotron 3 Super | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 40.1 |
| Released | 2025-06-10 | 2026-03-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Max output | 40K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | $0.08 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | $0.45 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 21 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176), Nemotron 3 Super: 39.4 (#158)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 35.2% | 36% |
| WeirdML | — | 38% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1403 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 213.9 |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Super leads
Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350), Nemotron 3 Super: 18.7 (#276)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0.3% | 3.1% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 15.4% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1386 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | — |
Math Nemotron 3 Super leads
Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261), Nemotron 3 Super: 39.6 (#101)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 60.4% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1380 |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Super leads
Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223), Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#139)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1398 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Nemotron 3 Super: 48.4 (#144)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1355 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1432 |
| LMArena French | — | 1405 |
| LMArena German | — | 1341 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1336 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1417 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Nemotron 3 Super: 71.2 (#154)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1347 |
Long Context Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#139)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1362 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Nemotron 3 Super: 55.9 (#140)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1378 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1317 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1369 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Small better than Nemotron 3 Super?
Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Magistral Small 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 Small lists at $0.50 and $1.50.
Is Magistral Small or Nemotron 3 Super better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (38.4 vs 39.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nemotron 3 Super does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Small and Nemotron 3 Super share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Super has 21.