Ministral 3 14B vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
Which is better for the money: Ministral 3 14B by Mistral or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL by NVIDIA? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-27.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL scores 20.5 points higher (26.5 vs 6.0) but costs 7.5× as much to run the benchmark ($283 vs $37.6; mid-range vs budget cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Nemotron 3.5 Super VL when you need intelligence above 6.0, and Ministral 3 14B when 6.0 is enough.
| Metric | Ministral 3 14B | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 6.0 | 26.5 | +341.7% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 4.4× more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $37.56 | $282.51 | +652.2% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 7.5× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 7.88s | 6.35s | −19.4% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 19.4% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.20 / $0.20 | $0.23 / $0.57 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs Ministral 3 14B: 341.7% more intelligence, 652.2% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 19.4% faster end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Ministral 3 14B is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6 Luna (Medium) scores 29.90 for $31.2.
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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