Model comparison
Mistral Small vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.6 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
NVIDIASummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small scores higher in 2 categories and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B in 6 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads 37.8 to 16.4.
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.15 / $0.60 for Mistral Small.
Side by side
| Mistral Small | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 33.4 | 40.6 |
| Released | 2024-02-26 | 2025-12-15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 256K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.60 | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 39 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Mistral Small: 34.0 (#247), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 40.5 (#138)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1362 | 1378 |
| SciCode | 26.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 36.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 36.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 46.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 497.62 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Small: 28.1 (#93), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 37.1% | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Mistral Small: 19.8 (#250), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 27.1 (#124)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1335 | 1348 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.8% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 44.8% | — |
| DTBench | 70.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 53.7% | — |
| LMCA | 20.6% | — |
| LiveBench | 44% | — |
Math Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Mistral Small: 16.4 (#293), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 37.8 (#147)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1341 | 1371 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 5.8% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 39.9% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 46.8% | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Mistral Small: 31.0 (#222), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 38.2 (#148)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | 9.6% |
| LMArena Expert | 1291 | 1355 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.5% | — |
| MMLU | 68.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Small: 33.5 (#96), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1142 | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
Mistral Small: 45.5 (#169), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 45.8 (#162)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1315 | 1320 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1340 | 1382 |
| LMArena French | 1337 | 1396 |
| LMArena German | 1340 | 1348 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1275 | 1268 |
| LMArena Korean | 1259 | 1269 |
| LMArena Russian | 1324 | 1303 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1346 | 1376 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
Mistral Small: 66.4 (#209), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 68.8 (#180)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1310 | 1304 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 63.7% | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Mistral Small: 40.4 (#156), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 39.5 (#175)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1327 | 1300 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Mistral Small: 52.5 (#171), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 52.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1338 | 1348 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1305 | 1269 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1344 | 1319 |
| LiveBench Language | 30.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.6 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Small or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Mistral Small lists at $0.15 and $0.60.
Is Mistral Small or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B better for coding?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.5 versus 34.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 262K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small has 39 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has 18.