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Mistral Large vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

Nemotron 3 Ultra leads Mistral Large on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 22.9 to 5.8, and Nemotron 3 Ultra costs 2.5x less per output token ($2.40 vs $6.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 36 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Mistral Large Replace Nemotron 3 Ultra
Mistral LargeMistral AI
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$6.00
0
Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA
Coding
30.0
Overall
53.1
Output $/M
$2.40
36
vs boards won of 36 shared

Mistral Large or Nemotron 3 Ultra: which to pick

Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Mistral Large has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Compare them on price, context and the boards below.

Model AMistral LargeMistral AINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BNemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA30.0/1003 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
Shared results
36
Mistral Large only
8
Nemotron 3 Ultra only
35
Like-for-like categories
6 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Mistral Large not benchmarked, Nemotron 3 Ultra 30.0 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category
Coding, 37.8 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run): Mistral Large 35.1% against Nemotron 3 Ultra 86.7%, 51.6 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Mistral Large $6.00 against Nemotron 3 Ultra $2.40 per million output tokens, 2.5x apart.
Context window
Mistral Large takes 128K tokens, Nemotron 3 Ultra 262K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryMistral LargeBarsNemotron 3 UltraTies
Coding03
Intelligence02
Reasoning06
Math02
Knowledge06
General017
All shared boards036
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index03
Coding benchmarks for Mistral Large and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMistral LargeNemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Coding IndexNot measured49.3Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)37.1%86.0%Nemotron 3 Ultra
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured69.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured7.6%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured4.9%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured50.9%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)17.8%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large measured
SciCodeNot measured40.3%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured36.4%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
FrontierCodeNot measured13.6%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
WeirdMLNot measured43.5%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: coding12751468Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: software and IT12741468Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Intelligence benchmarks for Mistral Large and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMistral LargeNemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Intelligence Index5.822.9Nemotron 3 Ultra
Epoch Capabilities Index122.1146.0Nemotron 3 Ultra
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for Mistral Large and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMistral LargeNemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured20.1Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured37.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured15.4%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured31.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured83.3%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
APEX-AgentsNot measured22.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
MCP AtlasNot measured63.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
Reasoning benchmarks for Mistral Large and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMistral LargeNemotron 3 UltraLeader
GPQA Diamond47.7%86.1%Nemotron 3 Ultra
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)35.1%86.7%Nemotron 3 Ultra
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)3.5%28.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured85.4%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured20.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts12571452Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: expert12081472Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English12681453Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for Mistral Large and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMistral LargeNemotron 3 UltraLeader
AIME9.2%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)74.4%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large measured
MGSM (Vals AI)87.2%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large measured
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured86.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
ProofBenchNot measured2.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: math12611457Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: mathematical work12571461Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
Knowledge benchmarks for Mistral Large and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMistral LargeNemotron 3 UltraLeader
MMLU Pro69.7%85.8%Nemotron 3 Ultra
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured82.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured65.5%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)63.8%73.1%Nemotron 3 Ultra
MedQA (Vals AI)76.2%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured38.6%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)51.5%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large measured
MMLU68.8%Not measuredOnly Mistral Large measured
LMArena Text: science12601465Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare12551456Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: legal and government12751452Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: business and finance12381434Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Mistral Large and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMistral LargeNemotron 3 UltraLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1145Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1135Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1138Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1141Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1131Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1146Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1069Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1100Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index017
General benchmarks for Mistral Large and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMistral LargeNemotron 3 UltraLeader
IFBenchNot measured81.4%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)Not measured79.3%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
DTBench60.8%90.1%Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMCANot measured36.9%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text12651445Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: instruction following12491418Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: creative writing12421399Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: English12841455Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: non-English12351427Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Chinese12391497Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: German12421472Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Japanese1170Not measuredOnly Mistral Large measured
LMArena Text: Korean12021384Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: French13251472Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Spanish12681455Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Russian12521417Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Polish11571385Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: multi-turn12601411Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: longer queries12611437Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: writing and language12611406Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12301397Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Mistral Large and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMistral LargeNemotron 3 UltraLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Mistral Large$0.0050Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.0018Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Ultra costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Mistral Large$0.118Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.037Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Ultra costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Mistral Large$0.460Exceeds the context window
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.144Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Ultra costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Mistral Large and Nemotron 3 Ultra
SpecificationMistral LargeNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra
MakerMistral AINVIDIA
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedFebruary 26, 2024June 4, 2026
Context window128K262K
Input $/Mtok$2.00$0.60
Output $/Mtok$6.00$2.40
Coding indexNot benchmarked30.0
Independent measurements behind it03
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Mistral Large better than Nemotron 3 Ultra for coding?

Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Mistral Large has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.

Which is cheaper, Mistral Large or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Mistral Large costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra costs $0.60 and $2.40. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Mistral Large or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Nemotron 3 Ultra, with 262K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks is the Mistral Large vs Nemotron 3 Ultra comparison based on?

36 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Mistral Large's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Nemotron 3 Ultra's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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