Mistral Medium 3 vs Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: Mistral Medium 3 vs. Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL

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Overview

Mistral Medium 3 was released 5 months before Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL.

	Mistral Medium 3	Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development	Mistral	NVIDIA
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once	131.1K tokens	131.1K tokens
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once	Not specified tokens	Not specified tokens
Release Date When this model first became publicly available	May 7, 2025 6 months ago May 7th, 2025	October 28, 2025 18 days ago October 28th, 2025

Capabilities & Features

Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities

	Mistral Medium 3	Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL
Input Types Supported input formats	📝Text🖼️Image	🖼️Image📝Text🎬Video
Output Types Supported output formats	📝Text	📝Text
Tokenizer Text encoding system	Mistral	Other
Key Features Advanced capabilities	✓Function Calling✓Structured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation	Function Calling✓Structured Output✓Reasoning ModeContent Moderation
Open Source Model availability	Proprietary	Available on HuggingFace →

Pricing

Mistral Medium 3 is roughly 2.0x more expensive compared to Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL for input tokens and roughly 3.3x more expensive for output tokens.

	Mistral Medium 3	Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens	$0.40 per million tokens	$0.20 per million tokens
Output Token Cost Cost per million outut tokens	$2.00 per million tokens	$0.60 per million tokens

Benchmarks

Compare relevant benchmarks between Mistral Medium 3 and Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL.

	Mistral Medium 3	Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL
MMLU Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.
MMMU Measures understanding of combined text and images across various domains	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.
HellaSwag Measures common sense reasoning by having models complete sentences about everyday situations	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.

At a Glance

Quick overview of what makes Mistral Medium 3 and Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL unique.

Mistral Medium 3 by Mistral understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 131.1K token context window. Reasonably priced at $0.40/M input and $2.00/M output tokens. Released May 7th, 2025.

Nemotron Nano 12B 2 VL by NVIDIA understands both text and images, analyzes video, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 131.1K token context window. Very affordable at $0.20/M input and $0.60/M output tokens. Released October 28th, 2025.