Model comparison
Mistral Small vs Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
NVIDIASummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small scores higher in 4 categories and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct in 4 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads 34.3 to 16.4.
Side by side
| Mistral Small | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 33.4 | 35.9 |
| Released | 2024-02-26 | 2024-06-14 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 256K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.60 | — |
| Results tracked | 39 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads
Mistral Small: 34.0 (#247), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 35.2 (#228)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1362 | 1209 |
| 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 4 340b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 37.1% | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads
Mistral Small: 19.8 (#250), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 23.4 (#178)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1335 | 1202 |
| 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 4 340b Instruct leads
Mistral Small: 16.4 (#293), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 34.3 (#195)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1341 | 1216 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 5.8% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 39.9% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 46.8% | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 4 340b Instruct leads
Mistral Small: 31.0 (#222), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 32.0 (#216)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1291 | 1171 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
| MMLU | 68.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Small: 33.5 (#96), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1142 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Small leads
Mistral Small: 45.5 (#169), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.9 (#233)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1315 | 1206 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1340 | 1214 |
| LMArena French | 1337 | 1197 |
| LMArena German | 1340 | 1192 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1275 | 1128 |
| LMArena Korean | 1259 | 1148 |
| LMArena Russian | 1324 | 1219 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1346 | 1195 |
Instruction Following Mistral Small leads
Mistral Small: 66.4 (#209), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 63.1 (#232)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1310 | 1203 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 63.7% | — |
Long Context Mistral Small leads
Mistral Small: 40.4 (#156), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.1 (#221)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1327 | 1225 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small leads
Mistral Small: 52.5 (#171), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 42.7 (#233)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Nemotron 4 340b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1338 | 1225 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1305 | 1203 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1344 | 1214 |
| LiveBench Language | 30.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small better than Nemotron 4 340b Instruct?
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Small or Nemotron 4 340b Instruct better for coding?
Nemotron 4 340b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.2 versus 34.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small has 39 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has 17.