Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. 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
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct was developed as the instruction-tuned version of the 3.1 base model, designed to deliver improved instruction-following with refinements from the updated architecture. Built to serve diverse applications with enhanced reliability, it advances the Small model line's capabilities.
5 months newer

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

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
2025-03-17
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
2023-12-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct