# Mistral 7B vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

> Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 23.0 on the Noometry Index. Mistral 7B costs 3.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nemotron 3 Ultra's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-7b-vs-nemotron-3-ultra
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 20

## Summary

- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral 7B scores higher in 0 categories and Nemotron 3 Ultra in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Nemotron 3 Ultra leads 52.5 to 7.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 0.3% for Mistral 7B and 86.7% for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
- Mistral 7B is cheaper at $0.25 / $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 8K.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral 7B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 23.0 | 42.5 |
| Rank | 351 | 113 |
| Context | 8K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.25 | $0.50 |
| Output $/M | $0.25 | $2.20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral 7B: 26.4 (#326)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 38.1 (#182)

| Benchmark | Mistral 7B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1082 | 1468 |
| FrontierCode | — | 13.6% |
| SciCode | — | 40.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 43.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 19.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 27.3% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 36% | — |
| MBPP+ | 42.1% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Mistral 7B: —
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 23.4 (#126)

| Benchmark | Mistral 7B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 22.7% |

## Reasoning

- Mistral 7B: 13.1 (#336)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 31.0 (#82)

| Benchmark | Mistral 7B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 12% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1067 | 1452 |
| DTBench | 42.5% | 90.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 112.21 | 146.17 |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 20% |
| LMCA | — | 36.9% |
| Adversarial NLI | 47.1% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 56.1% | — |
| HellaSwag | 81% | — |
| PIQA | 83% | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.3% | — |

## Math

- Mistral 7B: 8.1 (#325)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 35.3 (#187)

| Benchmark | Mistral 7B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.3% | 86.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1085 | 1457 |
| ProofBench | — | 2% |
| MATH Level 5 | 3.7% | — |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- Mistral 7B: 7.4 (#311)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#61)

| Benchmark | Mistral 7B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 15.2% | 85.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1036 | 1472 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 78.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 87.4% | — |
| MMLU | 62.5% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 79.8% | — |
| TriviaQA | 75.2% | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral 7B: 25.8 (#283)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.5 (#64)

| Benchmark | Mistral 7B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1012 | 1427 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1009 | 1497 |
| LMArena French | 1037 | 1472 |
| LMArena German | 987 | 1471 |
| LMArena Russian | 1018 | 1417 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1026 | 1454 |
| LMArena Japanese | 878 | — |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1386 |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral 7B: 54.2 (#280)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.7 (#88)

| Benchmark | Mistral 7B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1060 | 1418 |

## Long Context

- Mistral 7B: 32.2 (#271)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#81)

| Benchmark | Mistral 7B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1060 | 1437 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral 7B: 30.7 (#286)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#36)

| Benchmark | Mistral 7B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1090 | 1445 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1068 | 1398 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1062 | 1411 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1692 |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral 7B better than Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.5 to 23.0 on the Noometry Index. Mistral 7B costs 3.7× 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 7B or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Mistral 7B is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra lists at $0.50 and $2.20.

### Is Mistral 7B or Nemotron 3 Ultra better for coding?

Nemotron 3 Ultra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.1 versus 26.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Nemotron 3 Ultra does, with 262K tokens against 8K.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral 7B and Nemotron 3 Ultra share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral 7B has 37 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Ultra has 30.