Mistral Small 3.1 24B vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 2.5x less per output token than Mistral Small 3.1 24B ($0.22 vs $0.555 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 28 benchmarks have a result for both.
Mistral Small 3.1 24B 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 Small 3.1 24B for work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 28
- Mistral Small 3.1 24B only
- 10
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B only
- 14
- Like-for-like categories
- 5 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
No call
Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has a AA Intelligence Index result, 8.9.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has a AA Agentic Index result, 1.0.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B takes 262K tokens against 128K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
Mistral Small 3.1 24B $0.0006, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.0002 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Mistral Small 3.1 24B not benchmarked, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Math, 17.8 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena Text: Chinese: Mistral Small 3.1 24B 1253 against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 1383, 21.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Mistral Small 3.1 24B $0.555 against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.22 per million output tokens, 2.5x apart.
- Context window
- Mistral Small 3.1 24B takes 128K 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 Small 3.1 24B | Bars | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 2 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 3 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 4 | ||
| General | 0 | 17 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 28 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 14.4 | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 74.1% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 30.6% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 13.6% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1309 | 1378 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1301 | 1383 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 8.9 | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 1.0 | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 40.9% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 75.7% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 11.4% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1278 | 1348 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1257 | 1355 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1290 | 1376 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1119 | Not measured | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1158 | Not measured | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Math Index | Not measured | 91.0 | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 91.0% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1261 | 1371 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1271 | 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 index04
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 79.4% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1265 | 1353 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1267 | 1349 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1271 | 1341 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1257 | 1346 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 9 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index017
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | Not measured | 71.1% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 38.0% | Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured |
| LMArena Text | 1277 | 1348 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1263 | 1303 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1252 | 1269 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Vision | 1136 | Not measured | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1295 | 1377 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1255 | 1320 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1253 | 1383 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: German | 1266 | 1348 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1208 | 1268 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1207 | 1269 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: French | 1273 | 1396 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1284 | 1376 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1263 | 1304 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1242 | 1303 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1270 | 1319 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1299 | 1300 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1268 | 1283 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1250 | 1293 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1157 | Not measured | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1155 | Not measured | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1132 | Not measured | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1142 | Not measured | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Vision: captioning | 1153 | Not measured | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1155 | Not measured | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1123 | Not measured | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | 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 Small 3.1 24B | NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | March 17, 2025 | December 14, 2025 |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.351 | $0.055 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.555 | $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 Small 3.1 24B 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 Small 3.1 24B for work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Small 3.1 24B or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Mistral Small 3.1 24B costs $0.351 per million input tokens and $0.555 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 Small 3.1 24B or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks is the Mistral Small 3.1 24B vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B comparison based on?
28 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Mistral Small 3.1 24B'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.