Mistral Small 3.1 24B vs Nemotron 3 Super
Nemotron 3 Super costs 1.2x less per output token than Mistral Small 3.1 24B ($0.45 vs $0.555 per million). Updated October 23, 2026; 26 benchmarks have a result for both.
Mistral Small 3.1 24B or Nemotron 3 Super: 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
- 26
- Mistral Small 3.1 24B only
- 12
- Nemotron 3 Super only
- 13
- 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 Super has a AA Intelligence Index result, 12.8.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Nemotron 3 Super has a AA Agentic Index result, 1.7.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Nemotron 3 Super
Nemotron 3 Super takes 262K tokens against 128K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Nemotron 3 Super
Mistral Small 3.1 24B $0.0006, Nemotron 3 Super $0.0003 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Mistral Small 3.1 24B not benchmarked, Nemotron 3 Super not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Math, 21.2 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena Text: Chinese: Mistral Small 3.1 24B 1253 against Nemotron 3 Super 1432, 29.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Mistral Small 3.1 24B $0.555 against Nemotron 3 Super $0.45 per million output tokens, 1.2x apart.
- Context window
- Mistral Small 3.1 24B takes 128K tokens, Nemotron 3 Super 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 Super | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 2 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 3 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 4 | ||
| General | 0 | 15 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 26 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Nemotron 3 Super | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 37.7 | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 36.2% | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 28.8% | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 38.0% | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 213.9 | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1309 | 1404 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1301 | 1409 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| Neither model has a result on the other 36 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Nemotron 3 Super | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 12.8 | Only Nemotron 3 Super 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 Super | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 1.7 | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 67.8% | Only Nemotron 3 Super 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 Super | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 80.0% | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 20.8% | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1278 | 1386 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1257 | 1398 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1290 | 1397 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| 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 Super | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text: math | 1261 | 1380 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1271 | 1405 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| MathArena | Not measured | 16.6% | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Nemotron 3 Super | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text: science | 1265 | 1388 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1267 | 1383 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1270 | 1392 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1257 | 1364 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 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 Super | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 9 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index015
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 24B | Nemotron 3 Super | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | Not measured | 71.5% | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 65.7% | Only Nemotron 3 Super measured |
| LMArena Text | 1277 | 1378 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1263 | 1347 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1252 | 1317 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Vision | 1136 | Not measured | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1295 | 1400 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1255 | 1356 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1253 | 1432 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: German | 1266 | 1341 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1208 | Not measured | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1206 | Not measured | Only Mistral Small 3.1 24B measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1273 | 1403 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1283 | 1418 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1263 | 1336 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1242 | 1346 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1270 | 1369 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1298 | 1362 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1269 | 1331 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1250 | 1336 | Nemotron 3 Super |
| 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 Super | 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 Super costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Nemotron 3 Super costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Nemotron 3 Super 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 Super |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | March 17, 2025 | March 11, 2026 |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.351 | $0.085 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.555 | $0.45 |
| 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 Super 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 Super?
Mistral Small 3.1 24B costs $0.351 per million input tokens and $0.555 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Super costs $0.085 and $0.45. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Mistral Small 3.1 24B or Nemotron 3 Super?
Nemotron 3 Super, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks is the Mistral Small 3.1 24B vs Nemotron 3 Super comparison based on?
26 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 23, 2026. Mistral Small 3.1 24B's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Nemotron 3 Super's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.