Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 leads with 11.1% higher average benchmark score. Pixtral-12B supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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
Pixtral 12B was introduced as Mistral's multimodal vision-language model, designed to understand and reason about both images and text. Built with 12 billion parameters for integrated visual and textual processing, it extends Mistral's capabilities into multimodal applications.
6 months newer

Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI
2024-09-17

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
NVIDIA
2025-03-18
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Pixtral-12B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
2023-12-31
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Pixtral-12B

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Pixtral-12B