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Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

Mistral Medium 3.1 leads Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 9.2 to 8.9, and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 9.1x less per output token ($0.22 vs $2.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 42 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Mistral Medium 3.1 Replace Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Mistral Medium 3.1Mistral AI
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$2.00
33
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIA
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$0.22
9
vs boards won of 42 shared

Mistral Medium 3.1 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Mistral Medium 3.1 for work measured by LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.

Model AMistral Medium 3.1Mistral AINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIANot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
42
Mistral Medium 3.1 only
32
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B only
0
Like-for-like categories
7 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 Medium 3.1 not benchmarked, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B not benchmarked.
Widest category
Math, 29.5 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
AA Math Index: Mistral Medium 3.1 38.3 against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 91.0, 52.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Mistral Medium 3.1 $2.00 against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.22 per million output tokens, 9.1x apart.
Context window
Mistral Medium 3.1 takes 131K tokens, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 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 Medium 3.1BarsNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BTies
Coding42
Intelligence10
Agentic work11
Reasoning32
Math22
Knowledge41
General181
All shared boards339
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index42
Coding benchmarks for Mistral Medium 3.1 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
AA Coding Index20.514.4Mistral Medium 3.1
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)44.8%Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)40.6%74.1%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
SciCode32.4%30.6%Mistral Medium 3.1
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)10.6%13.6%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
ALE-Bench210.2Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Text: coding14331378Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: software and IT14361383Mistral Medium 3.1
Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for Mistral Medium 3.1 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
AA Intelligence Index9.28.9Mistral Medium 3.1
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
Agentic work benchmarks for Mistral Medium 3.1 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
AA Agentic Index1.91.0Mistral Medium 3.1
τ²-Bench Telecom40.6%40.9%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index32
Reasoning benchmarks for Mistral Medium 3.1 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)63.0%Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)58.8%75.7%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)4.7%11.4%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Text: hard prompts14261348Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: expert14081355Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14351376Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Vision: diagrams1175Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Vision: homework1165Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index22
Math benchmarks for Mistral Medium 3.1 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
AIME42.3%Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)87.0%Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
MGSM (Vals AI)90.9%Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
AA Math Index38.391.0Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)38.3%91.0%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Text: math14081371Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: mathematical work14121375Mistral Medium 3.1
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index41
Knowledge benchmarks for Mistral Medium 3.1 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
MMLU Pro75.3%Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)62.0%Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)50.7%Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)70.3%Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)36.5%Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
MedQA (Vals AI)78.2%Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)68.3%79.4%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Text: science14441353Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14491349Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: legal and government14391341Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: business and finance14181346Mistral Medium 3.1
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for Mistral Medium 3.1 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
Design Arena: websites1132Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: UI components1097Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: game dev1073Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: data viz1144Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: 3D1081Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: all code categories1120Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: SVG992Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Design Arena: ASCII art997Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index181
General benchmarks for Mistral Medium 3.1 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
IFBench39.8%71.1%Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)42.7%38.0%Mistral Medium 3.1
DTBench67.5%Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMCA19.1%Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Text14241348Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: instruction following13981303Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: creative writing13911269Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Vision1172Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Text: English14381377Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: non-English14081320Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Chinese14471383Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: German14321348Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Japanese13791268Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Korean13801269Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: French14601396Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Spanish14331376Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Russian14111304Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: Polish14301303Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: multi-turn14181319Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: longer queries14061300Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: writing and language13951283Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13901293Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Vision: English1179Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1190Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1175Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Vision: humor1168Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Vision: captioning1145Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things1147Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1200Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Mistral Medium 3.1 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
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 Medium 3.1$0.0014Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B$0.0002Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Mistral Medium 3.1$0.026Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B$0.0034Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Mistral Medium 3.1$0.100Exceeds the context window
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B$0.013Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 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 Medium 3.1 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
SpecificationMistral Medium 3.1NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
MakerMistral AINVIDIA
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedAugust 13, 2025December 14, 2025
Context window131K262K
Input $/Mtok$0.40$0.055
Output $/Mtok$2.00$0.22
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Mistral Medium 3.1 better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Mistral Medium 3.1 for work measured by LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Mistral Medium 3.1 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

Mistral Medium 3.1 costs $0.40 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.055 and $0.22. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Mistral Medium 3.1 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, with 262K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks is the Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B comparison based on?

42 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Mistral Medium 3.1's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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