Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B was developed by NVIDIA through customization of Meta's Llama 3.1 70B, designed to enhance performance for specific use cases and deployments. Built with NVIDIA's optimizations and fine-tuning expertise, it demonstrates how foundation models can be adapted for specialized applications.
Mistral AI
Magistral Small was created as an efficient reasoning-focused variant, designed to bring analytical capabilities to applications with tighter resource constraints. Built to balance problem-solving depth with practical deployment needs, it extends reasoning-enhanced AI to broader use cases.
8 months newer

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
NVIDIA
2024-10-01

Magistral Small 2506
Mistral AI
2025-06-10
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
2023-12-01
Magistral Small 2506
2025-06-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Magistral Small 2506

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Magistral Small 2506