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Mistral Large 3 vs Nemotron Ultra 253B

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 11 shared benchmark results across 5 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

50.4/100
Margin
6.0pts
← winning
44.4/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: Mistral Large 3 #113 (Supported); Nemotron Ultra 253B #150 (Estimated). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. Mistral Large 3 and Nemotron Ultra 253B share 11 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 5 results are unique to Mistral Large 3; 0 to Nemotron Ultra 253B.

Updated July 20, 2026
Shared results
11
Mistral Large 3 only
5
Nemotron Ultra 253B only
0
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for Mistral Large 3 and Nemotron Ultra 253B is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 11 shared benchmark results across 5 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

Mistral Large 3 is priced at $0.50 input / $1.50 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Nemotron Ultra 253B. Mistral Large 3 has the larger context window at 128K, compared with 32K for Nemotron Ultra 253B.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricMistral Large 3Nemotron Ultra 253BComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensMistral Large 3$0.5 input / $1.5 outputNemotron Ultra 253B$0 input / $0 outputNemotron Ultra 253B has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondMistral Large 348 tok/sNemotron Ultra 253BNot availableA complete speed comparison is not available.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenMistral Large 31.04 sNemotron Ultra 253BNot availableA complete latency comparison is not available.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensMistral Large 3128KNemotron Ultra 253B32KMistral Large 3 lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkMistral Large 3Nemotron Ultra 253BResult
AA Agentic IndexSource 5.5%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 24.6%11.4%Mistral Large 3 leads
GDPval-AASource 6.6%Not comparable
GDPval-AASource 633Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkMistral Large 3Nemotron Ultra 253BResult
AA Coding IndexSource 20.1%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 36.2%34.7%Mistral Large 3 leads
Reasoning
BenchmarkMistral Large 3Nemotron Ultra 253BResult
AA-LCRSource 34.7%7.3%Mistral Large 3 leads
CritPtSource 0.0%0.0%Tie
Knowledge
BenchmarkMistral Large 3Nemotron Ultra 253BResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 15.9%9.1%Mistral Large 3 leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 68.0%72.8%Nemotron Ultra 253B leads
AA-HLESource 4.1%8.1%Nemotron Ultra 253B leads
AA-Omniscience IndexSource -39.4%-45.5%Mistral Large 3 leads
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 24.1%19.9%Mistral Large 3 leads
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 83.7%81.7%Nemotron Ultra 253B leads
Multimodal
BenchmarkMistral Large 3Nemotron Ultra 253BResult
AA-MMMU-ProSource 55.7%Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkMistral Large 3Nemotron Ultra 253BResult
AA-IFBenchSource 36.2%38.2%Nemotron Ultra 253B leads
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare Mistral Large 3 and Nemotron Ultra 253B on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for Mistral Large 3 and Nemotron Ultra 253B today?

Mistral Large 3: $0.50 input / $1.50 output per 1M tokens Nemotron Ultra 253B: $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

Self-host vs API cost

Estimates at 50,000 req/day · 1000 tokens/req average.

Mistral Large 3
API / mo$1,500
Self-host / mo$9,110
Break-even380M/day
Nemotron Ultra 253B
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Model the full break-even

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Last updated: July 20, 2026

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