Model comparison
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning vs Pixtral Large
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
NVIDIA
Mistral AISummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning scores higher in 2 categories and Pixtral Large in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads 48.5 to 32.9.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Pixtral Large.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Pixtral Large | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | NVIDIA | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 40.0 | 32.2 |
| Released | 2026-08-11 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 128K |
| Max output | 262K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.20 | $6 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 40.4 (#141), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1375 | — |
Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 26.8 (#127), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1337 | — |
Math Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#155), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1359 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 37.5 (#154), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1356 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: —, Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1089 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#180), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1295 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1359 | — |
| LMArena French | 1366 | — |
| LMArena German | 1282 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1238 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1253 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1345 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.6 (#170), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1318 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#165), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1314 | — |
Writing & Preference Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#201), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)
| Benchmark | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1280 | 988 |
| LMArena Text | 1327 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1254 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1328 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better than Pixtral Large?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.0 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Nemotron 3.5 Lightning or Pixtral Large?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Pixtral Large lists at $2 and $6.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Pixtral Large share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.