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Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward vs Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward (2024) and Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct (2025) are compact production models from NVIDIA AI and MistralAI. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward ships a 4k-token context window, while Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct ships a 128k-token context window. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads.

Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct fits 32x more tokens; pick it for long-context work and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward for tighter calls.

Decision scorecard

Local evidence first
SignalLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B RewardMistral Large 3 675B Instruct
Best forgeneral production evaluationmultimodal apps and provider-routed production
Decision fitClassificationCoding, RAG, and Agents
Context window4k128k
Cheapest output-$1.50/1M tokens
Provider routes1 tracked6 tracked
Shared benchmarks0 shared0 shared

Decision tradeoffs

Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward when...
  • Local decision data tags Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward for Classification.
Choose Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct when...
  • Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
  • Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
  • Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct uniquely exposes Vision, Multimodal, and Structured outputs in local model data.
  • Local decision data tags Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct for Coding, RAG, and Agents.

Monthly cost at traffic

Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward

Unavailable

No complete token price in local provider data

Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct

$775

Cheapest tracked route/tier: OpenRouter

Cost delta unavailable until both models have sourced input and output token prices.

Switch friction

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward -> Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct
  • Provider overlap exists on NVIDIA NIM; start route-level A/B tests there.
  • Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct adds Vision, Multimodal, and Structured outputs in local capability data.
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct -> Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Reward
  • Provider overlap exists on NVIDIA NIM; start route-level A/B tests there.
  • Check replacement coverage for Vision, Multimodal, and Structured outputs before moving production traffic.

Specs

Specification
Released2024-10-012025-12-01
Context window4k128k
Parameters70B675B
ArchitectureDecoder OnlyDecoder Only
LicenseNVIDIA Open ModelApache 2.0OSI-approved
OpennessOpen weightsOpen source
WeightsUnknownUnknown
CodeUnknownUnknown
Commercial useCommercial use: permittedCommercial use: permitted
Knowledge cutoff-2024-11

Pricing and availability

Pricing attributeLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B RewardMistral Large 3 675B Instruct
Input price-$0.50/1M tokens
Output price-$1.50/1M tokens
Providers

Capabilities

CapabilityLlama 3.1 Nemotron 70B RewardMistral Large 3 675B Instruct
VisionNoYes
MultimodalNoYes
ReasoningNoNo
JSON / Tool useNoNo
Structured outputsNoYes
Code executionNoNo
IDE integrationNoNo
Computer useNoNo
Parallel agentsNoNo

Benchmarks

No shared benchmark scores are currently available for this pair.

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Last reviewed: 2026-06-29. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.