Mistral Medium 3 vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Mistral Medium 3 leads Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 9.0 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; 39 benchmarks have a result for both.
Mistral Medium 3 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 for work measured by LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 39
- Mistral Medium 3 only
- 18
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B only
- 3
- 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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Mistral Medium 3
Mistral Medium 3 leads, 9.0 against 8.9.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has a AA Agentic Index result, 1.0.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Mistral Medium 3 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1079.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B takes 262K tokens against 131K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Mistral Medium 3 $0.0014, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.0002 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Mistral Medium 3 not benchmarked, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Math, 32.0 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- AA Math Index: Mistral Medium 3 30.3 against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 91.0, 60.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Mistral Medium 3 $2.00 against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.22 per million output tokens, 9.1x apart.
- Context window
- Mistral Medium 3 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.
| Category | Mistral Medium 3 | Bars | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 4 | ||
| Math | 0 | 4 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 1 | ||
| General | 14 | 5 | ||
| All shared boards | 22 | 17 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index22
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 14.4 | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 40.0% | 74.1% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| SciCode | Not measured | 30.6% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 3.8% | 13.6% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1385 | 1378 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1385 | 1383 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 9.0 | 8.9 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 134.0 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3 measured |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 1.0 | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 24.3% | 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 index14
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 57.8% | 75.7% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 4.1% | 11.4% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1364 | 1348 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1342 | 1355 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1374 | 1376 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1155 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3 measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1165 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | 30.3 | 91.0 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 30.3% | 91.0% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: math | 1353 | 1371 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1354 | 1375 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index41
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 76.0% | 79.4% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: science | 1381 | 1353 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1381 | 1349 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1384 | 1341 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1352 | 1346 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1079 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1022 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1017 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1034 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1083 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1068 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index145
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | 39.3% | 71.1% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 31.3% | 38.0% | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| DTBench | 62.3% | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1370 | 1348 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1338 | 1303 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1343 | 1269 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| LMArena Vision | 1157 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1385 | 1377 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1353 | 1320 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1374 | 1383 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: German | 1377 | 1348 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1316 | 1268 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1304 | 1269 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| LMArena Text: French | 1368 | 1396 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1364 | 1376 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1359 | 1304 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1371 | 1303 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1384 | 1319 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1360 | 1300 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1352 | 1283 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1335 | 1293 | Mistral Medium 3 |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1172 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3 measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1161 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3 measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1154 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3 measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1145 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3 measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1094 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3 measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1141 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3 measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1146 | Not measured | Only Mistral Medium 3 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
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.
| Specification | Mistral Medium 3 | NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | May 7, 2025 | December 14, 2025 |
| Context window | 131K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.40 | $0.055 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.22 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Mistral Medium 3 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 for work measured by LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) or Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Medium 3 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Mistral Medium 3 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 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks is the Mistral Medium 3 vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B comparison based on?
39 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Mistral Medium 3'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.