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Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct vs Nova Micro

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct and Nova Micro are closely matched at 4.2 and 2.4 on the LLM Stats Score.

Mistral AI · Amazon · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct and Nova Micro are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 4.2 and 2.4.

In the 4 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct wins 3; 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 Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 3 of 4 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Mar 2025
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose Nova Micro

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.03/M input and $0.14/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
Nova Micro
Amazon
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
4.2
#302
2.4
#314
Reasoning
4.2
#296
1.7
#309
Coding
9.7
#170
2.6
#223
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
3 of 4
1 of 4
Input price
— / M
$0.03 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.14 / M
Context window
—
128,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Nova Micro
Math
7.9#261
9.2#254
Finance
7.3#160
1.5#185
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

9 reported for Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct · 17 for Nova Micro

4 shared

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct outperforms in 3 benchmarks (GPQA, HumanEval, MMLU), while Nova Micro is better at 0 benchmarks.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

Sun Sep 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Nova Micro specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Nova Micro specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Amazon
Nova Micro
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Sun Sep 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nova Micro does not.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Nova Micro

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Nova Micro uses a proprietary license.

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

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Nova Micro

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct was released on 2025-03-17, while Nova Micro was released on 2024-11-20.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is 4 months newer than Nova Micro.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Mar 17, 2025

1.5 years ago

3mo newer
Nova Micro

Nov 20, 2024

1.8 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

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

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FAQ

Common questions about Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct vs Nova Micro.

Which is better, Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct or Nova Micro?

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct and Nova Micro are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 4.2 and 2.4. Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is made by Mistral AI and Nova Micro is made by Amazon. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct compare to Nova Micro in benchmarks?

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct scores HumanEval: 88.4%, MMLU: 80.6%, TriviaQA: 80.5%, MBPP: 74.7%, MATH: 69.3%. Nova Micro scores GSM8k: 92.3%, ARC-C: 90.2%, Translation Set1→en COMET22: 88.7%, Translation en→Set1 COMET22: 88.5%, IFEval: 87.2%.

What are the context window sizes for Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct and Nova Micro?

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens and Nova Micro 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 Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct and Nova Micro?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (4.2 vs 2.4), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Apache 2.0 vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct and Nova Micro?

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI and Nova Micro is developed by Amazon.

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