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Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct are closely matched at 0.7 and 4.4 on the LLM Stats Score.

NVIDIA · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 0.7 and 4.4.

In the 1 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct wins 1; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

  • you are already invested in the NVIDIA ecosystem

Choose Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 1 of 1 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jan 2025

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
NVIDIA
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
0.7
#313
4.4
#291
Reasoning
0.4
#305
3.9
#287
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
0 of 1
1 of 1
Input price
— / M
$0.07 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.14 / M
Context window
—
32,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Math
7.4#257
7.1#259
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct · 8 for Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

1 shared

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (MT-Bench).

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Tue Sep 08 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

46.0B diff

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has 46.0B more parameters than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct, making it 191.7% larger.

NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
70.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
24.0Bparameters
70.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
24.0B
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct specifies input context (32,000 tokens). Only Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct specifies output context (32,000 tokens).

NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Input32,000 tokens
Output32,000 tokens
Tue Sep 08 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is licensed under Llama 3.1 Community License, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct was released on 2024-10-01, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct was released on 2025-01-30.

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is 4 months newer than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Oct 1, 2024

1.9 years ago

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Jan 30, 2025

1.6 years ago

4mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has a knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-01, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct has a cutoff of 2023-10-01.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has more recent training data (up to 2023-12-01), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct (2023-10-01).

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Dec 2023

2 mo newer
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Oct 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
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Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct.

Which is better, Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct or Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 0.7 and 4.4. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is made by NVIDIA and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct compare to Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct in benchmarks?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.4%, HellaSwag: 85.6%, Winogrande: 84.5%, GSM8K Chat: 81.9%, MMLU Chat: 80.6%. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct scores Arena Hard: 87.6%, HumanEval: 84.8%, MT-Bench: 83.5%, IFEval: 82.9%, MATH: 70.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct supports 32K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (0.7 vs 4.4), licensing (Llama 3.1 Community License vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is developed by NVIDIA and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.

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