Model comparison
Mixtral 8x22B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
NVIDIASummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Mixtral 8x22B scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 37.5 to 15.1.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Mixtral 8x22B.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 64K.
Side by side
| Mixtral 8x22B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 27.1 | 40.0 |
| Released | 2024-04-17 | 2026-08-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 64K | 262K |
| Max output | 64K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $6 | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Mixtral 8x22B: 24.2 (#329), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141)
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1166 | 1375 |
| WeirdML | 3.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 50.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 72% | — |
| MBPP+ | 64.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mixtral 8x22B: 23.1 (#127), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: —
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 7.5% | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Mixtral 8x22B: 19.9 (#248), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127)
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1150 | 1337 |
| DTBench | 55.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.03 | — |
| ForecastBench | 56.3 | — |
Math Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Mixtral 8x22B: 22.9 (#275), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155)
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1184 | 1359 |
| Omni-MATH | 16.3% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 24.2% | — |
Knowledge Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#293), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154)
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1113 | 1356 |
| GPQA Diamond | 34.1% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 46% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 33.4% | — |
| MMLU | 77.8% | — |
Multilingual Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Mixtral 8x22B: 32.8 (#255), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180)
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1128 | 1295 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1116 | 1359 |
| LMArena French | 1166 | 1366 |
| LMArena German | 1141 | 1282 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1037 | 1206 |
| LMArena Korean | 1057 | 1238 |
| LMArena Russian | 1158 | 1253 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1151 | 1345 |
Instruction Following Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Mixtral 8x22B: 57.7 (#266), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170)
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1147 | 1318 |
| IFEval | 72.4% | — |
Long Context Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Mixtral 8x22B: 34.7 (#247), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165)
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1144 | 1314 |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Mixtral 8x22B: 36.9 (#262), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201)
| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1162 | 1327 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1141 | 1254 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1130 | 1328 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1280 |
| WildBench | 71.1% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mixtral 8x22B better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Mixtral 8x22B or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Mixtral 8x22B lists at $2 and $6.
Is Mixtral 8x22B or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 24.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning does, with 262K tokens against 64K.
How many benchmarks do Mixtral 8x22B and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mixtral 8x22B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.