Mistral Small 4 vs NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2: Release Comparison
Comparison of the Mistral Small 4 and NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 releases: 2 and 2 models respectively, each with different intelligence, performance, and pricing characteristics. Below is a comparison of the key metrics across all 4 models.
- For intelligence, Mistral Small 4 scores highest: Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) at 11, against NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) at 7 for NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2.
- For output speed, Mistral Small 4 and NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 tie at 159 t/s (Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) and NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Non-reasoning)).
Releases compared
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Intelligence Index vs. Cost per Intelligence Index Task
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Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AutomationBench-AA, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf · Higher is better
Incorporates 7 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Humanity's Last Exam, AA-LCR v1.1, GDP.pdf, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, MLCR-AA, Humanity's Last Exam, AutomationBench-AA · Higher is better
Incorporates 6 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, CritPt, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0 · Higher is better
Incorporates 5 evaluations: AA-Omniscience, Humanity's Last Exam, GDPval-AA v2.1, AA-Briefcase v1.1, AA-LCR v1.1 · Higher is better
Further details
Input modality | Output modality | Weights | Provider Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mistral Small 4 (Reasoning) |  Mistral | 11 | 10 | 7 | 13 | - | 16 | 18 | $0.05 | $0.2 | $0.15 | $0.60 | - | $79 | 14k | 9k | 54M | 159 | 0.73s | 13.27s | 16.41s | 93.03s | 119B 6.5B active at inference time | 256k | Mar 2026 | - | Yes | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | | |||
| Mistral Small 4 (Non-reasoning) | Mistral | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.2 | $0.15 | $0.60 | - | - | - | - | - | 151 | 0.72s | 0.72s | 4.03s | - | 119B 6.5B active at inference time | 256k | Mar 2026 | - | No | Supports: text and image | Supports: text | | |||
| NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Reasoning) |  NVIDIA | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.1 | $0.04 | $0.16 | - | - | - | - | - | 115 | 8.28s | 25.61s | 29.94s | - | 9B | 131k | Aug 2025 | - | Yes | Supports: text | Supports: text |  | |||
| NVIDIA Nemotron Nano 9B V2 (Non-reasoning) | NVIDIA | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $0.1 | $0.05 | $0.195 | - | - | - | - | - | 159 | 1.66s | 1.66s | 4.81s | - | 9B | 131k | Aug 2025 | - | No | Supports: text | Supports: text |  | |||