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Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) vs Pixtral-12B

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) leads the LLM Stats Score 29.9 to -1.9.

NVIDIA · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) leads the overall LLM Stats Score 29.9 to -1.9, ranking #142 overall.

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

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

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.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
NVIDIA
Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
29.9
#142
-1.9
#360
Reasoning
29.2
#143
-4.0
#362
Coding
14.8
#151
-2.7
#273
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
— / M
$0.15 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.15 / M
Context window
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128,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
Pixtral-12B
Math
23.6#135
1.0#307
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

10 reported for Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) · 12 for Pixtral-12B

No common benchmarks found

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Pixtral-12Bdon'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

61.6B diff

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) has 61.6B more parameters than Pixtral-12B, making it 496.8% larger.

NVIDIA
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
74.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Pixtral-12B
12.4Bparameters
74.0B
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
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
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Pixtral-12B
Input128,000 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
Tue Oct 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Pixtral-12B support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Pixtral-12B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) is licensed under OpenMDW License v1.1, while Pixtral-12B uses Apache 2.0.

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

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

OpenMDW License v1.1

Open weights

Pixtral-12B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) was released on 2026-10-15, while Pixtral-12B was released on 2024-09-17.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) is 25 months newer than Pixtral-12B.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

Oct 15, 2026

5 days ago

2.1yr newer
Pixtral-12B

Sep 17, 2024

2.1 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-05-01, while Pixtral-12B'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 Pixtral-12B's cutoff date.

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB)

May 2026

Pixtral-12B

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Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Pixtral-12B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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

Common questions about Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) vs Pixtral-12B.

Which is better, Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) or Pixtral-12B?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) leads the LLM Stats Score 29.9 to -1.9. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) 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 Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) compare to Pixtral-12B in benchmarks?

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%. 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 Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Pixtral-12B?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) 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 Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Pixtral-12B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (29.9 vs -1.9), licensing (OpenMDW License v1.1 vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) and Pixtral-12B?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt (74B A9B 24GB) is developed by NVIDIA and Pixtral-12B is developed by Mistral AI.

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