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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

Mistral Medium 3.5 (Mistral AI) and Nemotron 3 Ultra (NVIDIA) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 17 August 2026

As of 17 August 2026, Mistral Medium 3.5 holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#40 vs #43); Nemotron 3 Ultra is 2.1× cheaper per output token ($3.60/1M vs $7.50/1M); and Nemotron 3 Ultra offers the longer context window (512K vs 262K tokens).

Which should you choose?

Choose Mistral Medium 3.5 if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #40 against #43 (54.0 vs 52.9 points).
  • LMArena Agent is your yardstick — -7.0% against -14.6%.

Choose Nemotron 3 Ultra if…

  • API cost matters — $3.60/1M output tokens against $7.50/1M, about 2.1× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.60/1M against $1.50/1M.
  • you need the longer context window — 512K tokens against 262K.
  • you want provider choice — 4 listed API providers against 1.
  • Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index is your yardstick — 38.3 against 30.4.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Nemotron 3 Ultra was listed 4 June 2026, Mistral Medium 3.5 30 April 2026.

Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Mistral Medium 3.5 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
FieldMistral Medium 3.5Mistral AINemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA
ModelCap Index position#40#43
Index score54.052.9
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$1.50$0.60
Output price / 1M tokens$7.50$3.60
Context window262K tokens512K tokens
Max output tokens—203K
API providers listed14
Weight accessAPI onlyRestricted license
Input modalitiesText, Image, FileText
First listed30 April 20264 June 2026
PublisherMistral AINVIDIA

Evidence: 4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

Public benchmark boards where Mistral Medium 3.5 or Nemotron 3 Ultra has a published result
BoardMistral Medium 3.5Nemotron 3 UltraLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)14791468–1490—Only one result
LMArena AgentLMArena-7.0%-9.0%–-5.0%-14.6%-17.2%–-12.1%Mistral Medium 3.5
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis30.4intelligence-index38.3intelligence-indexNemotron 3 Ultra

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra: common questions

Is Mistral Medium 3.5 better than Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Mistral Medium 3.5 ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 17 August 2026: #40 against #43. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is Mistral Medium 3.5 cheaper than Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Nemotron 3 Ultra is cheaper on output tokens: $3.60/1M against $7.50/1M. Input tokens are $1.50/1M for Mistral Medium 3.5 and $0.60/1M for Nemotron 3 Ultra. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Mistral Medium 3.5 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Nemotron 3 Ultra has the larger context window: 512K tokens against 262K.

Which is better for coding, Mistral Medium 3.5 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Mistral Medium 3.5 and Nemotron 3 Ultra open-weight models?

Mistral Medium 3.5: API only. Nemotron 3 Ultra: Restricted license. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Mistral Medium 3.5 and Nemotron 3 Ultra?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for Mistral Medium 3.5 and 4 for Nemotron 3 Ultra, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 17 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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