# Mistral vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

> Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-vs-nemotron-3-ultra
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 16

## Summary

- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral 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 16.3.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 44.7 |
| Rank | 297 | 71 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.60 |
| Output $/M | — | $2.40 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral: 33.2 (#249)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 37.7 (#174)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | 1468 |
| FrontierCode | — | 13.6% |
| SciCode | — | 40.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 43.5% |

## Reasoning

- Mistral: 21.3 (#199)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 30.3 (#78)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | 1452 |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 12% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 20% |
| DTBench | — | 90.1% |
| LMCA | — | 36.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.2 |

## Math

- Mistral: 20.5 (#275)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 34.4 (#160)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1180 | 1456 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| ProofBench | — | 2% |
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |

## Knowledge

- Mistral: 16.3 (#283)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 52.5 (#56)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | 1472 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 85.4% |
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral: 33.0 (#249)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 53.7 (#61)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | 1427 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | 1498 |
| LMArena French | 1179 | 1475 |
| LMArena German | 1155 | 1471 |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | 1387 |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | 1415 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | 1452 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1012 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral: 52.9 (#283)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 74.9 (#84)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | 1417 |
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |

## Long Context

- Mistral: 35.0 (#240)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 43.9 (#77)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1154 | 1437 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral: 37.2 (#255)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra: 66.3 (#35)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | 1444 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | 1392 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | 1412 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1692 |
| WildBench | 66% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral better than Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Nemotron 3 Ultra is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

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

Nemotron 3 Ultra scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.7 versus 33.2 in the Noometry coding category.

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

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Ultra has 29.