Compare/NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) vs Mistral 7B Instruct

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)vsMistral 7B Instruct

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

NVIDIA

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)

Input
$0.06/M
Output
$0.24/M
Speed
138 tok/s
TTFT
1.00s
Mistral

Mistral 7B Instruct

Input
$0.25/M
Output
$0.25/M
Speed
188 tok/s
TTFT
0.27s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
Faster (tok/s)
Mistral 7B Instruct
Lower Latency
Mistral 7B Instruct
Benchmarks (11-1)
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)

Pricing Comparison

MetricNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)Mistral 7B Instruct
Input ($/M tokens)$0.06$0.25
Output ($/M tokens)$0.24$0.25
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)$0.08
Mistral 7B Instruct$0.28

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
138 tok/s
Mistral 7B Instruct
188 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)
1.00s
Mistral 7B Instruct
0.27s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
24.37.4
Coding Index
19.0
Math Index
91.0
GPQA Diamond
75.7%17.7%
MMLU-Pro
79.4%24.5%
LiveCodeBench
74.1%4.6%
AIME 2025
91.0%
MATH-500
12.1%
Humanity's Last Exam
10.2%4.3%
SciCode
29.6%2.4%
IFBench
71.1%19.9%
TerminalBench
13.6%
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning)11 wins
1 winsMistral 7B Instruct

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) or Mistral 7B Instruct?

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.10/M tokens vs $0.25/M for Mistral 7B Instruct.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for Mistral 7B Instruct. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Mistral 7B Instruct generates tokens faster at 188 tok/s vs 138 tok/s. However, Mistral 7B Instruct has lower time-to-first-token (0.27s vs 1.00s).

When should I use NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) vs Mistral 7B Instruct?

Choose based on your priorities: NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) for lower cost, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (Reasoning) for stronger benchmark performance, and Mistral 7B Instruct for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.