Which is cheaper, Devstral Small 1.1 or Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)?
As of August 25, 2026, Devstral Small 1.1 is 26% cheaper on blended LLM API pricing. Devstral Small 1.1 costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens ($0.40 blended 1M-in + 1M-out). Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) costs $0.09 / $0.45 per million tokens ($0.54 blended). Sources: https://docs.mistral.ai/platform/pricing/ and https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models. The cheapest LLM for your app still depends on how many output tokens you generate.
How much does Devstral Small 1.1 vs Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) cost per million tokens?
Devstral Small 1.1 Mistral API pricing is $0.10 input and $0.30 output per million tokens via Mistral AI. Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) OpenRouter API pricing is $0.09 input and $0.45 output per million tokens via OpenRouter. Use those four numbers, not ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro subscription prices, when you are comparing APIs.
Which is better for coding, Devstral Small 1.1 or Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)?
Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) leads on SWE-bench Verified: Devstral Small 1.1 at 53.6% vs Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) at 53.7%. SWE-bench measures real GitHub fixes; LiveCodeBench measures contest programming.
What is the context window for Devstral Small 1.1 vs Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)?
Devstral Small 1.1 supports a 128K token context window, while Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) supports 1M tokens. Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) offers a larger context window. Filling a larger window bills more input tokens, so the cheaper-per-million model can still cost more on long documents.
Which model performs better on benchmarks, Devstral Small 1.1 or Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)?
Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) leads on 1 of 1 shared benchmarks versus Devstral Small 1.1's 0 wins. Check the comparison table for GPQA Diamond, SWE-bench, MMLU, HLE, and the other evals we track. Token price and benchmark score together are the usual LLM comparison, not either number alone.
Is Devstral Small 1.1 or Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) better for production use?
Both Devstral Small 1.1 and Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) are production API models. For cost-sensitive production traffic, Devstral Small 1.1 has better economics on the blended 1M-in + 1M-out scale. For maximum capability, weight the benchmark table for your domain. Many production stacks route cheap models for drafts and a frontier model for the hard turn, which is usually cheaper than sending everything to the expensive API.
Can I switch between Devstral Small 1.1 and Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) in my app?
Yes. Call Devstral Small 1.1 through Mistral AI and Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) through OpenRouter with separate API keys, or through a gateway that already wraps both. Keep prompts in tokens, not characters, when you estimate the invoice. AnotherWrapper templates can swap providers without rewriting auth and billing.
How accurate is this Devstral Small 1.1 vs Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) pricing data?
List rates are the latest published Mistral API pricing and OpenRouter API pricing, quoted per million tokens. Official rate sheets: https://docs.mistral.ai/platform/pricing/ and https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models. Prompt caching, batch APIs, and committed-use discounts can change the invoice. Benchmark scores are from official publications and independent evals, updated as new numbers land.
What is the output token limit for Devstral Small 1.1 and Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)?
Devstral Small 1.1 supports up to 128K output tokens per request, while Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) supports up to 262K output tokens. Output tokens are usually the expensive half of API pricing, so a higher max output cap is a capability, not a discount.
Which model has better throughput, Devstral Small 1.1 or Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)?
Devstral Small 1.1 has a measured throughput of approximately 137.1 tokens/second. Throughput data for Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) is not yet available. Throughput (tokens per second) and time-to-first-token are why two models with the same per-million-token price can still feel different in chat and agents.
How do I switch the models in this Devstral Small 1.1 vs Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) comparison?
Use the model pickers at the top of this LLM comparison. Search any model in the index and the URL updates. Open Devstral Small 1.1 or Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B) from the sidebar for the single-model API pricing page, or go back to the LLM pricing table to sort by cheapest blended cost.
