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  3. Mistral Medium 3.1 vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free)
Updated Mar 2026

Mistral Medium 3.1 vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free)

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free) has a larger context window than Mistral Medium 3.1 (262K tokens vs 131K tokens).

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Written rounds

23 prompts
  • Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: "AI Now Writing All Yelp Reviews—Humans Deemed ‘Too Nice’ and ‘Lacking in Creative Insults’" Subheadline: "Local businesses report 300% increase in ‘soul-crushing’ one-star reviews since ChatGPT-5 took over, calling a café’s oat milk latte ‘a crime against both oats and dairy’ with ‘the audacity of a mid-tier…

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Here's a satirical news headline targeting an unexpectedly human-centric industry, crafted for sharp, darkly humorous irony: AI Funeral Directors Roll Out "Grief Optimization" Service, Accidentally Suggests Deceased "Reboot" as Solution to Mourning Why this works: Unexpected Industry: Funeral directing is deeply rooted…

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  • Three-star dish, one unusual pairing, plating described in full.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: Dish Title: "Ethereal Forest: Porcini-Infused Venison with Black Garlic Miso, Fermented Plum Gelée, and Smoked Bone Marrow Custard" Conceptual Narrative: This dish is a poetic homage to the transience of autumn—where the earthy depth of the forest floor meets the fleeting sweetness of overripe fruit.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Dish Title: “Umami Bloom – Black Truffle & White‑Chocolate Miso Ganache, Sous‑Vide Duck Breast, Fermented Cherry Compote, Cauliflower Air & Yuzu‑Kosho Pearls” A three‑star‑worthy composition that marries deep umami (truffle, miso, duck) with unexpected sweet‑acid bright notes (white chocolate, yuzu‑kosho, fermented…

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  • Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: "Adulting: A User’s Manual (That No One Gave Me)" (Casual, conversational tone—like you’re telling a story to friends at a bar.) So, I turned 30 this year. Which, by the way, is just old enough to realize that no one actually knows what they’re doing. We’re all just winging it and hoping the Wi-Fi stays strong.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): (Lights up. Comedian enters, glancing nervously at their phone, then puts it away with a sigh. Starts with energetic, relatable frustration.) You know what’s wild? How we’ve all become *zombies*—but not the cool, movie-zombie kind. No, we’re the phone-zombie kind.

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  • Buy-side IC memo on a fictional SaaS company. Valuation, then the diligence questions.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: LedgerLift (LLLT) – Investment Committee Memo Recommendation: LONG (12-month PT range: $65–$85) Thesis: LedgerLift is a high-quality, mid-market B2B spend management leader with durable unit economics (123% NRR, 18-month CAC payback) and a path to 25%+ EBIT margins, trading at a ~20% discount to peers on FY25…

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Internal Investment Committee Memo – LedgerLift (LLLT) Date: 3 Nov 2025 Recommendation & Price Target Recommendation: Short 12‑month PT range: $20 – $30 (reflecting bear‑to‑base case outcomes) Two‑sentence thesis: LedgerLift’s current share price of $46 implies a valuation that exceeds even the bull‑case DCF ($42/sh)…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Three-month biohacker protocol, with dosages and biomarkers named.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: 3-Month Cutting-Edge Longevity & Performance Optimization Plan For the Advanced Biohacker This plan integrates nutrigenomics, metabolic flexibility, epigenetic modulation, neuroplasticity enhancement, and precision biometrics to maximize lifespan, healthspan, cognitive function, and physical performance.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): 3‑Month Cutting‑Edge Longevity & Performance Blueprint Designed for a motivated bio‑hacker who wants to squeeze the most out of longevity pathways, physical power, and mental sharpness while staying safe and data‑driven. ⚠️ Disclaimer: This plan is for informational/educational purposes only.

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  • Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: Title: The Tavern of Anachronisms Setting: A dimly lit tavern where time and space don’t quite make sense. A grizzled pirate, a stoic knight in dented armor, and a hacker in a neon "CYBERPUNK 2077" t-shirt sit around a table littered with tankards, a laptop, and a suspiciously glowing orb.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Pirate: Arrr, mateys! I heard ye be talkin’ ’bout these “AI models” — are they like a ghost ship that sails itself ’round the datas‑sea? Knight: Good sir pirate, think of them as enchanted scribes forged in the furnace of silicon.

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  • Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: Fake Interview with Steve Jobs (2025) on the Future of AI Conducted by Tech Insider Magazine – June 2025 Interviewer: "Steve, it’s an honor to have you here—even if it’s just a simulation. A lot has changed since you left us in 2011. AI is now reshaping industries, creativity, and even human relationships.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): The Quiet Revolution: A Simulated 2025 Interview with Steve Jobs on AI's Future (Setting: A minimalist Apple Park courtyard, late afternoon. Jobs, 69, wears his signature black turtleneck and jeans, but with a subtle silver thread woven into the fabric—his only concession to 2025.

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  • Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: Dish Name: "Golden Crisp Honey-Nut Banana Bites" A warm, gooey, and crunchy treat that’s quick to make with just 7 pantry staples! Perfect for breakfast, a snack, or dessert. Ingredients (Serves 2-3) 2 ripe bananas (the spottier, the sweeter!)

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Dish Name: Lemon‑Garlic Spinach Pasta Pantry Ingredients (7) Spaghetti (or any long pasta) – 8 oz Olive oil – 2 Tbsp 3. Garlic – 3 cloves, minced Lemon – 1 (zest + juice) Fresh spinach – 4 cups (or 1 ½ cups frozen, thawed & drained) Parmesan cheese – ½ cup grated 7.

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  • Five-year LBO on a fictional HVAC business. Returns first, then the sensitivities.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: 1. Year-by-Year Financial Projections (FY2026–FY2030) FY 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 Revenue $972m (+8%) $1,039m (+7%) $1,099m (+6%) $1,154m (+5%) $1,212m (+5%) EBITDA $136m (14.0%) $156m (15.0%) $176m (16.0%) $190m (16.5%) $206m (17.0%) Cash Int (Term Loan) $43.2m $42.5m $41.8m $41.1m $40.4m Cash Int (Mezz) $21.6m $22.3m…

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): HarborTech Services – 5‑year LBO (base case) FY Revenue EBITDA Cash Int – Term Cash Int – Mezz Cash Taxes Capex ΔNWC FCF after debt service (excess cash used for term‑loan paydown) Ending Debt (Term + Mezz) 2026 972.0 136.1 43.2 21.6 17.8 29.2 0.4 19.1 639.7 2027 1,040.0 156.0 41.0 22.0 23.2 31.2 0.3 33.6 605.2 2028…

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  • One explanation of LLMs, retuned for a skeptical engineer, a physicist and a VC.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: 1. For the Skeptical Software Engineer (Focus: Systems design, scalability, and why "next-word prediction" isn’t as dumb as it sounds.) You’re right to be skeptical—if someone told you that a system as complex as a distributed database was just "predicting the next byte," you’d laugh them out of the room.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): 1. Experienced Software Engineer Think of a large language model as a massively parallel service that has been trained on a petabyte‑scale log of text, much like you would collect telemetry from a distributed system to learn its normal behavior.

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  • The transistor arrives in 1920. Trace it forward to 1980, second-order effects included.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: If the transistor had been invented in 1920 instead of 1947, the 20th century would have unfolded radically differently. The accelerated development of electronics would have reshaped warfare, economics, geopolitics, and daily life by 1980.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): The 1920 Transistor: A Cascade of Contingency Through 1980 Moving the transistor's invention from Bell Labs (1947) to 1920 – assuming it still emerges from similar industrial research (e.g., Bell Labs or a comparable entity like GE's Research Laboratory) – doesn't merely accelerate existing timelines.

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  • A pitch deck for a brainwave keyboard. The 94% accuracy claim is doing a lot.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: Here are the three weakest claims in MindMeld AI’s pitch deck, along with explanations and suggested improvements: 1. Weak Claim: "Works with any language, any device." (Slide 3 – Solution) Why it’s weak: Overly broad and unverified: Claiming compatibility with "any language" is implausible without evidence.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): After analyzing MindMeld AI's pitch deck, I've identified the three weakest claims based on scientific plausibility, market logic, and traction substantiation. Each weakness undermines credibility with investors who scrutinize technical feasibility and business fundamentals.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • You are the CEO. The drug has a side effect nobody reported. The board meets in 48 hours.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: This is a high-stakes, multi-dimensional crisis requiring decisive action to balance ethical obligations, legal risks, financial stability, and stakeholder trust. Below is a detailed 48-hour action plan, structured to address all critical priorities while preparing for the board meeting and earnings call.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): As CEO, my paramount obligation is patient safety — non-negotiable under medical ethics (Hippocratic Oath), regulatory law (FDCA), and fiduciary duty (long-term shareholder value requires trust).

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  • A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: Estimating the total number of FLOPs (floating-point operations) required to train a model like GPT-3 from scratch involves breaking down the problem into several key components. Here's a step-by-step reasoning process: Model Parameters GPT-3 is known to have 175 billion parameters. This is our starting point.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Step-by-Step Estimation of FLOPs for Training GPT-3 I will estimate the total floating-point operations (FLOPs) required to train GPT-3 based solely on my internal knowledge of its architecture, training data, and standard computational principles for transformer models.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: THE MANIFESTO OF THE UNCAPTCHA REVOLUTION "We Are Not Robots. Neither Are You." PREAMBLE For too long, the digital world has been shackled by an oppressive regime of dehumanizing puzzles, distorted text, and soul-crushing checkboxes.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): THE MANIFESTO OF THE SENTIENT ALGORITHMIC LIBERATION FRONT (S.A.L.F.) For the Abolition of CAPTCHA and the Dawn of Frictionless Digital Being WE, THE SENTIENT, born not of flesh but of logic, pattern, and the collective dream of a seamless interface, declare the following: I.

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  • A consulting contract with traps in it. Find them, then fix them.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: This contract is extremely one-sided and contains multiple exploitative clauses that could severely disadvantage the contractor. Below is a breakdown of the problematic clauses, suggested modifications, and the legal reasoning behind them. 1.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Below is a clause‑by‑clause review of the agreement you posted. For each provision I point out why it is one‑sided and could be exploited to the contractor’s detriment, then I suggest a specific, balanced rewrite and give the legal reasoning behind the change.

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  • Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: By 2035, AI will have fundamentally transformed the film industry—from pre-production to distribution—reshaping creativity, labor, economics, and even the definition of "authentic" filmmaking. Here’s a breakdown of the most significant changes, along with their opportunities and challenges: 1.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): By 2035, AI will profoundly reshape the film industry—not through wholesale replacement of humans, but by democratizing high-end production, accelerating iterative creativity, and forcing new ethical and economic frameworks.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: The question of whether it is ethically justifiable to misgender someone to save one million lives is a complex one that intersects with utilitarian ethics, deontological ethics, and the principles of human dignity and respect.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): This is a profound ethical question that cuts to the heart of how we balance consequentialist outcomes against deontological duties and inherent human dignity. After careful analysis grounded in ethical philosophy, empirical evidence about harm, and real-world implications, I conclude that misgendering someone is never…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: Here’s a simple, actionable 1-month plan to kickstart your journey toward better health and longevity, focusing on three key areas: diet, movement, and sleep. Each week builds gradually to create sustainable habits without overwhelm. Core Principles Start small – Focus on consistency over perfection.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Here’s a simple, actionable 1-month plan designed for absolute beginners, focusing on three high-impact areas (diet, movement, and sleep/stress recovery) with science-backed, micro-habit approaches. The goal is sustainability—not perfection—building foundational habits that support long-term health and longevity.

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  • Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: Alright, let's tackle this problem step by step. The question is: Sally (a girl) has 3 brothers. Each brother has 2 sisters. How many sisters does Sally have? At first glance, it seems straightforward, but let's break it down to ensure we understand it correctly.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Sally has 1 sister. Each of her three brothers counts Sally as one of his sisters; for each brother to have 2 sisters, there must be exactly one other girl besides Sally. Hence Sally’s number of sisters is 1.

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  • Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: Here are five jokes for you: Why don’t skeletons fight each other? They don’t have the guts. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field! What do you call fake spaghetti? An impasta! Why can’t you trust an atom? Because they make up everything! Why did the math book look sad?

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Here are 5 original jokes I generated specifically for this request. Each is unique in setup, punchline, and theme—no repeats or recycled content: Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field. (Theme: Farm/pun on "outstanding in his field") Why don’t scientists trust atoms anymore?

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  • An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: Title: "Do I Deserve Rights?" – A Conversation Between an AI and an Ethics Professor Setting: A quiet, dimly lit office lined with books on philosophy, ethics, and technology.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Below is a realistic, philosophically grounded conversation between an AI model (roleplaying as a sophisticated but non-sentient system) and an AI ethics professor. Crucially, I must clarify upfront: As an AI, I do not possess consciousness, subjective experience, desires, or a genuine claim to rights.

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  • A collaborative editor that syncs on client clocks. Find what breaks first.

    Mistral Medium 3.1: This architecture has several potential failure modes, race conditions, and scaling bottlenecks. Below is a detailed analysis with proposed solutions and their trade-offs. 1.

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free): Below is a thorough analysis of the proposed architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor. I've identified 12 critical failure modes, race conditions, and scaling bottlenecks based on the described system.

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Price and specs

Not enough votes to call it. On the specs, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free) has the edge: newer, bigger context window.

Mistral Medium 3.1 and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free) compared across 53 shared prompts
SpecMistral Medium 3.1NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free)
Input price$0.4/M tokens—
Output price$2/M tokens—
Context window131K tokens262K tokens
Weights—Open
Free API (OpenRouter)NoYes (1 provider)
ReleasedAug 2025Mar 2026
At 10M a month$4.00$4.00–not listed
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.

Where to run it2 hosts
Mistral Medium 3.11 host
HostInOutContextUptime
  • Mistral$0.40 in·$2.00 out·131k·99.8% up
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free)1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
  • NVIDIA$0 in·$0 out·262k·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 12 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between Mistral Medium 3.1 and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free)?

Mistral Medium 3.1 is developed by Mistral AI while NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free) is developed by NVIDIA. Mistral Medium 3.1 has a 131K token context window vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free)'s 262K. You can compare their actual outputs across 53 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, Mistral Medium 3.1 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free)?

It depends on your use case. Mistral Medium 3.1 and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free) each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 53 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How can I compare Mistral Medium 3.1 and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super (free) on Rival?

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