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Ministral 8B Instruct vs Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) leads the LLM Stats Score 29.9 to -5.0.

Mistral AI · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) leads the overall LLM Stats Score 29.9 to -5.0, ranking #142 overall.

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

Choose Ministral 8B Instruct

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.10/M input and $0.10/M output

Choose Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

  • overall performance matters — it scores 29.9 and ranks #142 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
NVIDIA
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
-5.0
#376
29.9
#142
Reasoning
-5.1
#367
29.2
#143
Coding
-14.5
#290
14.8
#151
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
$0.10 / M
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Output price
$0.10 / M
— / M
Context window
128,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Ministral 8B Instruct
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
Math
-4.1#328
23.6#135
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Ministral 8B Instruct · 10 for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

No common benchmarks found

Ministral 8B Instruct and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

66.0B diff

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) has 66.0B more parameters than Ministral 8B Instruct, making it 822.7% larger.

Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct
8.0Bparameters
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
74.0Bparameters
8.0B
Ministral 8B Instruct
74.0B
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Ministral 8B Instruct specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Ministral 8B Instruct specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Mistral AI
Ministral 8B Instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Oct 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) supports multimodal inputs, whereas Ministral 8B Instruct does not.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Ministral 8B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Ministral 8B Instruct is licensed under Mistral Research License, while Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) uses OpenMDW License v1.1.

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

Ministral 8B Instruct

Mistral Research License

Open weights

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

OpenMDW License v1.1

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Ministral 8B Instruct was released on 2024-10-16, while Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) was released on 2026-10-15.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) is 24 months newer than Ministral 8B Instruct.

Ministral 8B Instruct

Oct 16, 2024

2.0 years ago

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

Oct 15, 2026

2 days ago

2.0yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-05-01, while Ministral 8B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)'s training data extends to 2026-05-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Ministral 8B Instruct's cutoff date.

Ministral 8B Instruct

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Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

May 2026

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Ministral 8B Instruct and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Ministral 8B Instruct
✓ Preferred
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
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FAQ

Common questions about Ministral 8B Instruct vs Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB).

Which is better, Ministral 8B Instruct or Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) leads the LLM Stats Score 29.9 to -5.0. Ministral 8B Instruct is made by Mistral AI and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Ministral 8B Instruct compare to Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) in benchmarks?

Ministral 8B Instruct scores MT-Bench: 83.0%, Winogrande: 75.3%, ARC-C: 71.9%, Arena Hard: 70.9%, MBPP pass@1: 70.0%. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) scores PinchBench: 87.8%, GPQA: 86.4%, BrowseComp: 66.8%, AA-LCR: 64.1%, MCP Atlas: 52.2%.

What are the context window sizes for Ministral 8B Instruct and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)?

Ministral 8B Instruct supports 128K tokens and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Ministral 8B Instruct and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-5.0 vs 29.9), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Mistral Research License vs OpenMDW License v1.1). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Ministral 8B Instruct and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)?

Ministral 8B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) is developed by NVIDIA.

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