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Mistral Medium 3.5 128B vs Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16

Updated October 16, 2026. We do not rank this pair: at least one has no public score. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty.

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Decision reading

At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner. 1 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.

Model A
Mistral logo

Mistral

33.62/100

Estimated · Public rank #162

Conditional range 19.3–48.0

Model B
NVIDIA logo

NVIDIA

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Evidence status unavailable

90% interval unavailable

Shared results
1
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B only
6
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 only
7
Like-for-like categories
0 / 8
Estimated: Mistral Medium 3.5 128B. Conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.How the comparison works

Which one for your work

Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.

No workload recommendation clears the current evidence threshold.

Use the matched evidence, workload costs, and sourced specifications below instead of treating a point score as a universal answer.

Show secondary and unsupported calls
  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    Not enough matched evidence

    Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 is not ranked on the public lane for coding, so no winner is named for coding.

    Confidence: limited
  • Agentic work

    Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion

    Not enough matched evidence

    Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 is not ranked on the public lane for agentic, so no winner is named for agentic.

    Confidence: limited
  • Long documents

    Prompts that approach the documented context limit

    No clear pick

    The documented context windows are equal.

    Confidence: documented
  • Chat turn cost

    1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates
  • Cache-heavy agent loop cost

    200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: rate-fallback
  • Repository review cost

    50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates

Which one for a specific job

Choose a job from the LLM Selector's task catalog to see the category row it rests on, under the same basis rules as the table below. A directional row stays directional; choosing a job never creates a winner.

The same task catalog as the LLM Selector. Each job names the evidence surface it rests on; nothing here adds a new score.

22.7Mistral Medium 3.5 128B—Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16

Not comparable · BenchAlign v5.8

The coding row is not comparable on the public lane: at least one model is not measured or not ranked there.

Coding scores combine specific tasks and setups. Match the editor, harness, and effort to your workflow.

Same basis rules as the category table below

What is actually comparable

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.

Shape of the matched evidence

Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.

A shared-evidence shape is not available.

BenchLM does not draw a radar or infer missing axes when the matched evidence is too sparse.

Category results, on a stated basis

Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign v5.8 lane for agentic, coding, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.

Agentic

Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
19.8
Supported · #108/128
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16
Not ranked
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 3 vs 6 public rows
Reading
Not comparable

Coding

Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
22.7
Estimated · #114/150
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16
Not ranked
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 2 vs 0 public rows
Reading
Not comparable

Reasoning

Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
73.5
Unranked · 2 rankable rows
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16
72.1
Unranked · 1 rankable row
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multimodal

Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
60.1
Unranked · 1 rankable row
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Knowledge

Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
31.8
Supported · #148/184
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16
Not ranked
Basis
BenchAlign v5.8 lane · 2 vs 2 public rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
Not ranked
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Instruction following

Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
84.0
#52/148
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Math

Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
Not ranked
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16
Not ranked
Basis
Provisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows
Reading
Not comparable

Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign v5.8) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the provisional lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.

Supported evidence per lane · bars run 0–100Methodology

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.

Chat turn

1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
$0.00525
Fits in one request
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16
API rate not published
Fits in one request

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 has no comparable published API token rate.

Repository review

50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
$0.0975
Fits in one request
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16
API rate not published
Fits in one request

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 has no comparable published API token rate.

Cache-heavy agent loop

200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
$0.405
Fits in one request
Cached input priced at the published list-input rate
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable

Mistral Medium 3.5 128B has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 has no comparable published API token rate.

Cached input falls back to the list input rate only where a cached rate is unpublished

Specification differences

Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.

Context window

Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.

Mistral Medium 3.5 128B

256K

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16

API model ID

Mistral Medium 3.5 128B

Not sourced

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16

Not sourced

Cached-input rate

A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.

Mistral Medium 3.5 128B

Not published

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16

No comparable hosted API rate

NVIDIA Hugging Face model card

Documented inputs

Mistral Medium 3.5 128B

Not sourced

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16

text, image, video

NVIDIA BF16 model card

Provider availability

Mistral Medium 3.5 128B

Not sourced

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16

Open Weights · Hugging Face, self-hosted inference

NVIDIA BF16 model card

Reasoning profile

Mistral Medium 3.5 128B

Reasoning

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16

Reasoning

Weight access

Mistral Medium 3.5 128B

Open Weight

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16

Open Weight

License

Mistral Medium 3.5 128B

Open Weight

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16

Open Weight

Release date

Mistral Medium 3.5 128B

2026-04-29

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16

2026-10-15

If you already use one of these models

Deployment change
The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
Quality signal
At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner.
Workload cost
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Context tradeoff
Both models list 256K.
Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.

Questions

Which is better, Mistral Medium 3.5 128B or Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16?

At least one model is not scored in the current public ranking lane, so the page does not name an overall quality winner. The page therefore keeps the decision tied to the specific documented workload.

Which is better for coding, Mistral Medium 3.5 128B or Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 is not ranked on the public lane for coding, so no winner is named for coding.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Mistral Medium 3.5 128B or Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16 is not ranked on the public lane for agentic tasks, so no winner is named for agentic tasks.

Which costs less, Mistral Medium 3.5 128B or Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16?

Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.

Which has the larger context window, Mistral Medium 3.5 128B or Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16?

Both models list the same context window, 256K.

Self-host vs API cost

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

Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
API / mo$6,750
Self-host / mo$6,990
Break-even71M/day
Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16
API / mo$0
Self-host / moNot listed
Break-even—
Proprietary model — self-hosting not applicable.
Model the full break-even

Benchmark evidence

The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.

Browse raw public benchmark evidence14 rows

Agentic

  • τ³-bench results

    Mistral Medium 3.5 128B91.4%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF1617.0%
    Source

    Mistral Medium 3.5 128B leads this result

  • Gert Labs

    Mistral Medium 3.5 128B39.10%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16—

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals)

    Mistral Medium 3.5 128B39.0%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16—

    Not directly comparable

  • Terminal-Bench 2.1

    Mistral Medium 3.5 128B—
    Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF1653.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • BrowseComp

    Mistral Medium 3.5 128B—
    Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF1670%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • PinchBench

    Mistral Medium 3.5 128B—
    Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF1690.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MCP Atlas

    Mistral Medium 3.5 128B—
    Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF1655.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • WebArena

    Mistral Medium 3.5 128B—
    Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF1650.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • SWE-bench Verified

    Mistral Medium 3.5 128B77.6%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16—

    Not directly comparable

  • SWE-bench (Vals)

    Mistral Medium 3.5 128B66.4%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16—

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • GPQA Diamond (Vals)

    Mistral Medium 3.5 128B34.8%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16—

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Pro (Vals)

    Mistral Medium 3.5 128B75.3%
    Source
    Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF16—

    Not directly comparable

  • GPQA-D

    Mistral Medium 3.5 128B—
    Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF1688.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE w/o tools

    Mistral Medium 3.5 128B—
    Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B BF1628.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

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Last updated October 16, 2026