Model comparison

Ministral 8B vs Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5

Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 2.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 11 shared benchmarks.

Ministral 8B

Mistral AI

28.2

Rank #325 Confirmed

Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5

NVIDIA

40.3

Rank #151 Confirmed

Summary

They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Ministral 8B scores higher in 0 categories and Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 leads 36.7 to 12.6.
Ministral 8B is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $0.40 for Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5.
Ministral 8B accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Ministral 8B and Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 specifications
	Ministral 8B	Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5
Provider	Mistral AI	NVIDIA
Noometry Index	28.2	40.3
Released	2024-10-01	2025-07-25
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	262K	131K
Max output	262K	131K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.15	$0.40
Output $ / M tokens	$0.15	$0.40
Results tracked	17	12

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Category by category

Coding Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 leads

Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230), Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 39.8 (#154)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Ministral 8B	Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5
LMArena Coding	1202	1355

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148), Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Ministral 8B	Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	11.1%	—

Reasoning Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 leads

Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281), Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 26.8 (#128)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Ministral 8B	Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5
LMArena Hard Prompts	1191	1336
DTBench	45.7%	—

Math Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 leads

Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267), Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 38.2 (#141)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Ministral 8B	Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5
LMArena Math	1188	1392
MATH Level 5	14.9%	—

Knowledge Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 leads

Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297), Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 36.7 (#165)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Ministral 8B	Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5
LMArena Expert	1170	1330
GPQA Diamond	27.1%	—
Vectara Hallucination Rate	7.4%	—

Multilingual Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 leads

Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247), Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 45.5 (#168)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Ministral 8B	Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5
LMArena Non-English	1165	1316
LMArena Russian	1195	1332
LMArena Chinese	1193	—
LMArena Japanese	—	1300

Instruction Following Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 leads

Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250), Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 68.6 (#188)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Ministral 8B	Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5
LMArena Instruction Following	1161	1299

Long Context Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 leads

Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227), Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 40.0 (#164)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Ministral 8B	Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5
LMArena Longer Query	1212	1315

Writing & Preference Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 leads

Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246), Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5: 53.1 (#159)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Ministral 8B	Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5
LMArena Text	1191	1338
LMArena Creative Writing	1175	1307
LMArena Multi-Turn	1166	1334

Frequently asked questions

Is Ministral 8B better than Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5?

Which is cheaper, Ministral 8B or Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5?

Ministral 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 lists at $0.40 and $0.40.

Is Ministral 8B or Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 better for coding?

Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.8 versus 35.0 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Ministral 8B does, with 262K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Ministral 8B and Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 8B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Nvidia Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49b v1.5 has 12.