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Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct vs Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct

Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct (2025) and Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct (2024) are compact production models from MistralAI and NVIDIA AI. Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct ships a 128k-token context window, while Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct ships a 4k-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 Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct for tighter calls.

Decision scorecard

Local evidence first
SignalMistral Large 3 675B InstructNemotron Mini 4B Instruct
Best formultimodal apps and provider-routed productiongeneral production evaluation
Decision fitCoding, RAG, and AgentsGeneral
Context window128k4k
Cheapest output$1.50/1M tokens-
Provider routes6 tracked1 tracked
Shared benchmarks0 shared0 shared

Decision tradeoffs

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.
Choose Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct when...
  • Use Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct when your own prompt tests beat the comparison signals; the local data does not show a decisive standalone advantage yet.

Monthly cost at traffic

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

Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct

$775

Cheapest tracked route/tier: OpenRouter

Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct

Unavailable

No complete token price in local provider data

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

Switch friction

Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct -> Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct
  • 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.
Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct -> 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.

Specs

Specification
Released2025-12-012024-08-01
Context window128k4k
Parameters675B4B
ArchitectureDecoder OnlyDecoder Only
LicenseApache 2.0OSI-approvedNVIDIA Open Model
OpennessOpen sourceOpen weights
WeightsUnknownUnknown
CodeUnknownUnknown
Commercial useCommercial use: permittedCommercial use: permitted
Knowledge cutoff2024-11-

Pricing and availability

Pricing attributeMistral Large 3 675B InstructNemotron Mini 4B Instruct
Input price$0.50/1M tokens-
Output price$1.50/1M tokens-
Providers

Capabilities

CapabilityMistral Large 3 675B InstructNemotron Mini 4B Instruct
VisionYesNo
MultimodalYesNo
ReasoningNoNo
JSON / Tool useNoNo
Structured outputsYesNo
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.