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Mistral Medium 3 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

Nemotron 3 Ultra leads Mistral Medium 3 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 22.9 to 9.0, and Mistral Medium 3 costs 1.2x less per output token ($2.00 vs $2.40 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 42 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Mistral Medium 3 Replace Nemotron 3 Ultra
Mistral Medium 3Mistral AI
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$2.00
0
Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA
Coding
30.0
Overall
53.1
Output $/M
$2.40
42
vs boards won of 42 shared

Mistral Medium 3 or Nemotron 3 Ultra: which to pick

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

Pick Mistral Medium 3 for output tokens 1.2x cheaper ($2.00 vs $2.40 per million).

Model AMistral Medium 3Mistral AINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BNemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA30.0/1003 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
Shared results
42
Mistral Medium 3 only
15
Nemotron 3 Ultra only
29
Like-for-like categories
8 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 not benchmarked, Nemotron 3 Ultra 30.0 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 59.1 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
τ²-Bench Telecom: Mistral Medium 3 24.3% against Nemotron 3 Ultra 83.3%, 59.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Mistral Medium 3 $2.00 against Nemotron 3 Ultra $2.40 per million output tokens, 1.2x apart.
Context window
Mistral Medium 3 takes 131K 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 Medium 3BarsNemotron 3 UltraTies
Coding03
Intelligence02
Agentic work01
Reasoning05
Math02
Knowledge04
Web design06
General019
All shared boards042
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index03
Coding benchmarks for Mistral Medium 3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Coding IndexNot measured49.3Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured86.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
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)40.0%Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3 measured
SciCodeNot measured40.3%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)3.8%36.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra
FrontierCodeNot measured13.6%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
WeirdMLNot measured43.5%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: coding13851468Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: software and IT13851468Nemotron 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 Medium 3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Intelligence Index9.022.9Nemotron 3 Ultra
Epoch Capabilities Index134.0146.0Nemotron 3 Ultra
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for Mistral Medium 3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3Nemotron 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 Telecom24.3%83.3%Nemotron 3 Ultra
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 index05
Reasoning benchmarks for Mistral Medium 3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured86.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)57.8%86.7%Nemotron 3 Ultra
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)4.1%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 prompts13641452Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: expert13421472Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13741453Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Vision: diagrams1155Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3 measured
LMArena Vision: homework1165Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for Mistral Medium 3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Math Index30.3Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3 measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)30.3%Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3 measured
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured86.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
ProofBenchNot measured2.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: math13531457Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: mathematical work13541461Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for Mistral Medium 3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
MMLU ProNot measured85.8%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
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)Not measured73.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured38.6%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)76.0%Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3 measured
LMArena Text: science13811465Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13811456Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: legal and government13841452Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: business and finance13521434Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
Web design benchmarks for Mistral Medium 3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
Design Arena: websites10791145Nemotron 3 Ultra
Design Arena: UI components10221135Nemotron 3 Ultra
Design Arena: game dev10171138Nemotron 3 Ultra
Design Arena: data viz10341141Nemotron 3 Ultra
Design Arena: 3D10831131Nemotron 3 Ultra
Design Arena: all code categories10681146Nemotron 3 Ultra
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 index019
General benchmarks for Mistral Medium 3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
IFBench39.3%81.4%Nemotron 3 Ultra
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)31.3%79.3%Nemotron 3 Ultra
DTBench62.3%90.1%Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMCANot measured36.9%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text13701445Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: instruction following13381418Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: creative writing13431399Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Vision1157Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3 measured
LMArena Text: English13851455Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: non-English13531427Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Chinese13741497Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: German13771472Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Japanese1316Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3 measured
LMArena Text: Korean13041384Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: French13681472Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Spanish13641455Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Russian13591417Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Polish13711385Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: multi-turn13841411Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: longer queries13601437Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: writing and language13521406Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13351397Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Vision: English1172Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3 measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1161Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3 measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1154Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3 measured
LMArena Vision: humor1145Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3 measured
LMArena Vision: captioning1094Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3 measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things1141Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3 measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1146Not measuredOnly Mistral Medium 3 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 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3Nemotron 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 Medium 3$0.0014Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.0018Fits in one request

Mistral Medium 3 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Mistral Medium 3$0.026Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.037Fits in one request

Mistral Medium 3 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Mistral Medium 3$0.100Exceeds the context window
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.144Fits in one request

Mistral Medium 3 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 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
SpecificationMistral Medium 3NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra
MakerMistral AINVIDIA
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedMay 7, 2025June 4, 2026
Context window131K262K
Input $/Mtok$0.40$0.60
Output $/Mtok$2.00$2.40
Coding indexNot benchmarked30.0
Independent measurements behind it03
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Mistral Medium 3 better than Nemotron 3 Ultra for coding?

Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; Mistral Medium 3 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Mistral Medium 3 for output tokens 1.2x cheaper ($2.00 vs $2.40 per million).

Which is cheaper, Mistral Medium 3 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Mistral Medium 3 costs $0.40 per million input tokens and $2.00 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 Medium 3 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Nemotron 3 Ultra, with 262K tokens against 131K.

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

42 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 Ultra's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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