Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is available on 2 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B was created as a compact variant optimized by NVIDIA, designed to bring Llama 3.1 capabilities to more efficient deployments. Built with NVIDIA's efficiency optimizations, it serves applications requiring strong performance with reduced resource requirements.
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 24B Instruct was created as the instruction-tuned version of the 24B base model, designed to follow user instructions reliably. Built to serve general-purpose applications requiring moderate capability, it balances performance with deployment practicality.
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Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
2025-01-30

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
NVIDIA
2025-03-18
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
2023-10-01
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
2023-12-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
DeepInfra

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral AI