Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Mistral Medium 3.5 by Mistral or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) by NVIDIA? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Mistral Medium 3.5
Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) vs Mistral Medium 3.5: 9.9% less intelligence, 4.3% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 8.3% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 14.2 | 12.8 | −9.9% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 9.9% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,263.80 | $1,318.62 | +4.3% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 4.3% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 17.64s | 16.18s | −8.3% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 8.3% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.50 / $7.50 | $0.30 / $0.90 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Mistral Medium 3.5 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
- Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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