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Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct vs Pixtral-12B

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Pixtral-12B are closely matched at 0.4 and -1.6 on the LLM Stats Score.

NVIDIA · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Pixtral-12B are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 0.4 and -1.6.

The models split the 2 individual benchmarks reported for both models evenly.

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

Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2024

Choose Pixtral-12B

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.15/M input and $0.15/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
NVIDIA
Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
0.4
#324
-1.6
#336
Reasoning
0.1
#317
-3.8
#338
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
1 of 2
1 of 2
Input price
— / M
$0.15 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.15 / M
Context window
—
128,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Pixtral-12B
Math
7.0#266
1.0#295
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct · 12 for Pixtral-12B

2 shared

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct outperforms in 1 benchmarks (MMLU), while Pixtral-12B is better at 1 benchmark (MT-Bench).

Both models are evenly matched across the benchmarks.

Mon Sep 21 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

57.6B diff

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has 57.6B more parameters than Pixtral-12B, making it 464.5% larger.

NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
70.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Pixtral-12B
12.4Bparameters
70.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
12.4B
Pixtral-12B

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Pixtral-12B specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Pixtral-12B specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Pixtral-12B
Input128,000 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
Mon Sep 21 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Pixtral-12B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct does not.

Pixtral-12B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Pixtral-12B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is licensed under Llama 3.1 Community License, while Pixtral-12B 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

Pixtral-12B

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 Pixtral-12B was released on 2024-09-17.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is 0 month newer than Pixtral-12B.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Oct 1, 2024

2.0 years ago

2w newer
Pixtral-12B

Sep 17, 2024

2.0 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-01, while Pixtral-12B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-12-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Pixtral-12B's cutoff date.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Dec 2023

Pixtral-12B

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Pixtral-12B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct vs Pixtral-12B.

Which is better, Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct or Pixtral-12B?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Pixtral-12B are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 0.4 and -1.6. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is made by NVIDIA and Pixtral-12B 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 Pixtral-12B 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%. Pixtral-12B scores DocVQA: 90.7%, ChartQA: 81.8%, VQAv2: 78.6%, MT-Bench: 76.8%, HumanEval: 72.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Pixtral-12B?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens and Pixtral-12B supports 128K 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 Pixtral-12B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (0.4 vs -1.6), multimodal support (no vs yes), 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 Pixtral-12B?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is developed by NVIDIA and Pixtral-12B is developed by Mistral AI.

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