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Mistral Nemo vs Mistral Small Creative

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Mistral Nemo wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Higher intelligence benchmark

Mistral Small Creative wins:

  • No clear advantages in compared metrics
Price Advantage
Mistral Nemo
Benchmark Advantage
Mistral Nemo
Context Window
Mistral Nemo
Speed
N/A

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricMistral NemoMistral Small CreativeWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.02$0.10 Mistral Nemo
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.04$0.30 Mistral Nemo
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Mistral Nemo is 83% cheaper overall.

Mistral Nemo Providers

Chutes $0.02 (Cheapest)
DeepInfra $0.02 (Cheapest)
Novita $0.04
Mistral $0.15
Azure $0.30

Mistral Small Creative Providers

Mistral $0.10 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Mistral Nemo Wins
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Mistral Small Creative Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkMistral NemoMistral Small CreativeWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
25.0--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
26.4--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
8.7--
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
36.1--
Both models show comparable benchmark performance.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Mistral Nemo
131,072
tokens
Max output: 16,384 tokens
Mistral Small Creative
32,768
tokens
Mistral Nemo has a 75% larger context window.

Speed Performance

Speed benchmarks not available for these models

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureMistral NemoMistral Small Creative
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyMistral NemoMistral Small Creative
LicenseOpen SourceProprietary
AuthorMistral AIMistral AI
ReleasedJul 2024Dec 2025

Mistral Nemo Modalities

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Mistral Small Creative Modalities

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Frequently Asked Questions

Mistral Nemo has cheaper input pricing at $0.02/M tokens. Mistral Nemo has cheaper output pricing at $0.04/M tokens.
Mistral Nemo scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of N/A, compared to Mistral Small Creative's score of N/A.
Mistral Nemo has a 131,072 token context window, while Mistral Small Creative has a 32,768 token context window.
Mistral Nemo does not support vision. Mistral Small Creative does not support vision.