Model comparison
Amazon Nova Lite vs Mistral Large 3
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 3.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Large 3 in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.0 to 42.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Vectara Hallucination Rate: 6.1% for Amazon Nova Lite and 14.5% for Mistral Large 3.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.75 for Mistral Large 3.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 262K.
- Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 300K | 262K |
| Max output | 10K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.06 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.24 | $0.75 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Large 3 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1448 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |
Reasoning Amazon Nova Lite leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |
Math Mistral Large 3 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247), Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1414 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Large 3 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | 14.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1421 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |
Multimodal Mistral Large 3 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123), Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | 1221 |
Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232), Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1413 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1447 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1455 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1437 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1384 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1440 |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1403 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |
Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1413 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads
Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1386 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Mistral Large 3?
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 3.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Mistral Large 3?
Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 3 lists at $0.25 and $0.75.
Is Amazon Nova Lite or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?
Mistral Large 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Mistral Large 3 share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.