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Head to head

Nemotron 3.5 LightningvsMistral Small 3

For tasks, about a month.

Verdict · measured basis

Mistral Small 3 costs $0.0000 per solved task against Nemotron 3.5 Lightning at $0.0003 — ▼ 7.3x cheaper. Over 200 tasks that is $0.05 a month.

On output token price alone Mistral Small 3 looks 2.5x cheaper. The ranking holds, but the margin changes.

Verified pricing, pass rate and cost per solved task for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and Mistral Small 3
FigureNemotron 3.5 LightningMistral Small 3
Input $/Mtok$0.08$0.05
Output $/Mtok$0.2$0.08
Cached input $/Mtok$0.04$0.05
Pass rate86%61%
Cost per solved task$0.0003measured$0.0000measured
Cost per month$0.06$0.01

Cost per month against tasks per month · drag the marker

Monthly cost against tasks per monthLog-log lines for Mistral Small 3 (measured, $0.0000 per solved task), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (measured, $0.0003 per solved task) from 10 to 100,000 tasks a month. Marker at 200 tasks.101001k10k100k$0.001$0.01$0.1$1$10TASKS / MONTH (log) →200 tasksMistral Small 3 · MEASURED · $0.0000 per solved task$0.01Nemotron 3.5 Lightning · MEASURED · $0.0003 per solved task$0.06— Mistral Small 3 · MEASURED— Nemotron 3.5 Lightning · MEASURED

Solid measured · dashed modeled · dotted stale. The gap is the verdict.

Solvency Bench (solvency.dev) — first-party measurement · verified 2026-08-26 · prices from each provider's pricing page; measured rows ignore the tier · Methodology · All models at these settings