Model comparison
Mistral Small 3.2 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3.2 costs 7.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Ultra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small 3.2 scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3 Ultra in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nemotron 3 Ultra leads 52.5 to 26.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 30.3% for Mistral Small 3.2 and 86.7% for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
- Mistral Small 3.2 is cheaper at $0.0938 / $0.25 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $2.20 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 256K.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3.2 | Nemotron 3 Ultra | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 31.2 | 42.5 |
| Released | 2025-06-20 | 2026-06-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 262K |
| Max output | 16K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0938 | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.25 | $2.20 |
| Results tracked | 6 | 30 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 38.1 (#182)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | — | 13.6% |
| SciCode | — | 40.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 43.5% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1468 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 23.4 (#126)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 22.7% |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 31.0 (#82)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | 12% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.74 | 146.17 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1452 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 20% |
| DTBench | — | 90.1% |
| LMCA | — | 36.9% |
Math Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 35.3 (#187)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30.3% | 86.7% |
| ProofBench | — | 2% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1457 |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#61)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 49.1% | 85.4% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1472 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.5 (#64)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1427 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1497 |
| LMArena French | — | 1472 |
| LMArena German | — | 1471 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1386 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1417 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1454 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.7 (#88)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1418 |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#81)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1437 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3 Ultra leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224), Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#36)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1255 | 1692 |
| LMArena Text | — | 1445 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1398 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1411 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3.2 better than Nemotron 3 Ultra?
Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3.2 costs 7.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Ultra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Small 3.2 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?
Mistral Small 3.2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.0938 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra lists at $0.50 and $2.20.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nemotron 3 Ultra does, with 262K tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.2 and Nemotron 3 Ultra share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.2 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Ultra has 30.