Noometry

Model comparison

Mistral Small 3.1 vs Nemotron 3 Super

Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Mistral Small 3.1 Mistral AI

31.7

Rank #269 Confirmed

Nemotron 3 Super NVIDIA

40.1

Rank #153 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher in 1 category and Nemotron 3 Super in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Nemotron 3 Super leads 39.6 to 14.7.
  • Nemotron 3 Super is cheaper at $0.08 / $0.45 per million input/output tokens, against $0.35 / $0.56 for Mistral Small 3.1.
  • Nemotron 3 Super accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

Mistral Small 3.1Nemotron 3 Super
ProviderMistral AINVIDIA
Noometry Index31.740.1
Released2025-03-172026-03-11
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K262K
Max output102K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.35$0.08
Output $ / M tokens$0.56$0.45
Results tracked2821

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Category by category

Coding Nemotron 3 Super leads

Mistral Small 3.1: 38.3 (#179), Nemotron 3 Super: 39.4 (#158)

BenchmarkMistral Small 3.1Nemotron 3 Super
LMArena Coding13091403
SciCode—36%
WeirdML—38%
ALE-Bench—213.9

Reasoning Too close to call

Mistral Small 3.1: 19.7 (#254), Nemotron 3 Super: 18.7 (#276)

BenchmarkMistral Small 3.1Nemotron 3 Super
LMArena Hard Prompts12781386
NYT Connections (extended)—15.4%
CritPt—3.1%
Chess Puzzles1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index127.48—

Math Nemotron 3 Super leads

Mistral Small 3.1: 14.7 (#301), Nemotron 3 Super: 39.6 (#101)

BenchmarkMistral Small 3.1Nemotron 3 Super
LMArena Math12621380
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—60.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20253.9%—
Omni-MATH24.8%—

Knowledge Nemotron 3 Super leads

Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#271), Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#139)

BenchmarkMistral Small 3.1Nemotron 3 Super
LMArena Expert12571398
GPQA Diamond41.9%—
MMLU-Pro61%—
GPQA (HELM)39.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.1: 33.2 (#99), Nemotron 3 Super: —

BenchmarkMistral Small 3.1Nemotron 3 Super
LMArena Vision1136—

Multilingual Nemotron 3 Super leads

Mistral Small 3.1: 41.2 (#209), Nemotron 3 Super: 48.4 (#144)

BenchmarkMistral Small 3.1Nemotron 3 Super
LMArena Non-English12551355
LMArena Chinese12531432
LMArena French12731405
LMArena German12661341
LMArena Russian12631336
LMArena Spanish12831417
LMArena Japanese1208—
LMArena Korean1206—

Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Super leads

Mistral Small 3.1: 63.6 (#230), Nemotron 3 Super: 71.2 (#154)

BenchmarkMistral Small 3.1Nemotron 3 Super
LMArena Instruction Following12641347
IFEval75%—

Long Context Nemotron 3 Super leads

Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#178), Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#139)

BenchmarkMistral Small 3.1Nemotron 3 Super
LMArena Longer Query12991362

Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Super leads

Mistral Small 3.1: 37.0 (#259), Nemotron 3 Super: 55.9 (#140)

BenchmarkMistral Small 3.1Nemotron 3 Super
LMArena Text12771378
LMArena Creative Writing12531317
LMArena Multi-Turn12701369
EQ-Bench Creative Writing761—
WildBench78.8%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Mistral Small 3.1 better than Nemotron 3 Super?

Nemotron 3 Super is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.1 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Mistral Small 3.1 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; Mistral Small 3.1 lists at $0.35 and $0.56.

Is Mistral Small 3.1 or Nemotron 3 Super better for coding?

Nemotron 3 Super scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.4 versus 38.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nemotron 3 Super does, with 262K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.1 and Nemotron 3 Super share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.1 has 28 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Super has 21.

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