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Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 vs Mistral Small 3

Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 (2025) and Mistral Small 3 (2025) are compact production models from NVIDIA AI and MistralAI. Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 ships a 128k-token context window, while Mistral Small 3 ships a 33k-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.

Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 is safer overall; choose Mistral Small 3 when provider fit matters.

Decision scorecard

Local evidence first
SignalLlama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1Mistral Small 3
Best forgeneral production evaluationtool-calling agents and provider-routed production
Decision fitLong contextAgents, Classification, and JSON / JSON / Tool use
Context window128k33k
Cheapest output-$0.30/1M tokens
Provider routes1 tracked2 tracked
Shared benchmarks0 shared0 shared

Decision tradeoffs

Choose Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 when...
  • Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
  • Local decision data tags Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 for Long context.
Choose Mistral Small 3 when...
  • Mistral Small 3 has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
  • Mistral Small 3 uniquely exposes JSON / Tool use and Structured outputs in local model data.
  • Local decision data tags Mistral Small 3 for Agents, Classification, and JSON / Tool use.

Monthly cost at traffic

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

Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1

Unavailable

No complete token price in local provider data

Mistral Small 3

$155

Cheapest tracked route/tier: Together AI

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

Switch friction

Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 -> Mistral Small 3
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1 and Mistral Small 3; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
  • Mistral Small 3 adds JSON / JSON / Tool use and Structured outputs in local capability data.
Mistral Small 3 -> Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1
  • No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Mistral Small 3 and Llama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
  • Check replacement coverage for JSON / JSON / Tool use and Structured outputs before moving production traffic.

Specs

Specification
Released2025-06-012025-01-01
Context window128k33k
Parameters49B24B
ArchitectureDecoder OnlyDecoder Only
LicenseNVIDIA Open ModelApache 2.0OSI-approved
OpennessOpen weightsOpen source
WeightsUnknownUnknown
CodeUnknownUnknown
Commercial useCommercial use: permittedCommercial use: permitted
Knowledge cutoff-2023-10

Pricing and availability

Pricing attributeLlama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1Mistral Small 3
Input price-$0.10/1M tokens
Output price-$0.30/1M tokens
Providers

Capabilities

CapabilityLlama 3.3 Nemotron Super 49B v1Mistral Small 3
VisionNoNo
MultimodalNoNo
ReasoningNoNo
JSON / Tool useNoYes
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.