Model comparison
Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Medium 3.5 scores higher in 1 category and Nemotron 3 Ultra in 7 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nemotron 3 Ultra leads 31.0 to 17.3.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra is cheaper at $0.60 / $2.40 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Mistral Medium 3.5.
Side by side
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 40.2 | 42.5 |
| Released | — | 2026-06-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 210K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.50 | $0.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $7.50 | $2.40 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 30 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 38.1 (#182)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1461 | 1468 |
| FrontierCode | — | 13.6% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1264 | — |
| SciCode | — | 40.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 43.5% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 23.4 (#126)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 22.7% |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 31.0 (#82)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1436 | 1452 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.35 | 146.17 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 41.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 12.9% | — |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 20% |
| DTBench | — | 90.1% |
| LMCA | — | 36.9% |
Math Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 35.3 (#187)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1431 | 1457 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| ProofBench | — | 2% |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#61)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1432 | 1472 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 85.4% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65), Nemotron 3 Ultra: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1223 | — |
Multilingual Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.5 (#64)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | 1427 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1442 | 1497 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | 1472 |
| LMArena German | 1451 | 1471 |
| LMArena Korean | 1385 | 1386 |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | 1417 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1409 | 1454 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.7 (#88)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1415 | 1418 |
Long Context Too close to call
Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#81)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1415 | 1437 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#36)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1421 | 1445 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1374 | 1398 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1423 | 1411 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1692 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 993 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 better than Nemotron 3 Ultra?
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Medium 3.5 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?
Nemotron 3 Ultra is cheaper. It lists at $0.60 per million input tokens and $2.40 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.5 lists at $1.50 and $7.50.
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 or Nemotron 3 Ultra better for coding?
Nemotron 3 Ultra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 262K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.5 and Nemotron 3 Ultra share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Ultra has 30.