Mistral Small 4 is the next major release in the Mistral Small family, unifying the capabilities of several flagship Mistral models into a single system. It combines strong reasoning from Magistral, multimodal understanding from Pixtral, an…
Model details →Mistral: Mistral Small 4 vs NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is a small language MoE model with highest compute efficiency and accuracy for developers to build specialized agentic AI systems. The model is fully open with open-weights, datasets and recipes so developers…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Mistral: Mistral Small 4 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 262K | 262K | Tie |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.15 | $0.05 | 🏆 NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.60 | $0.20 | 🏆 NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | — | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Small 4 |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral: Mistral Small 4 better than NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Mistral: Mistral Small 4 and NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Input: $0.15 vs $0.05 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.60 vs $0.20 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Mistral: Mistral Small 4 and NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B support?
Mistral: Mistral Small 4 supports up to 262K tokens. NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both Mistral: Mistral Small 4 and NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B support tool calling?
Mistral: Mistral Small 4: yes. NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: yes.