Model comparison
ERNIE 5.1 vs Mistral Large 3
ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 43.4 to 34.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 23.4% for ERNIE 5.1 and 7.5% for Mistral Large 3.
- Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Large 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Baidu | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 38.6 |
| Released | — | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.75 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 43.4 (#78), Mistral Large 3: 34.1 (#230)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1488 | 1447 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
ERNIE 5.1: —, Mistral Large 3: —
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Search | 1227 | — |
Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 20.9 (#209), Mistral Large 3: 14.6 (#314)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 23.4% | 7.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
Math ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 37.5 (#96), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#131)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1481 | 1415 |
Knowledge ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 41.2 (#103), Mistral Large 3: 35.5 (#173)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1491 | 1421 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.5% |
Multimodal Not comparable
ERNIE 5.1: —, Mistral Large 3: 37.6 (#65)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1222 |
Multilingual ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 55.7 (#28), Mistral Large 3: 52.6 (#79)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1455 | 1412 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1507 | 1448 |
| LMArena French | 1486 | 1456 |
| LMArena German | 1470 | 1438 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1422 | 1399 |
| LMArena Korean | 1428 | 1384 |
| LMArena Russian | 1459 | 1412 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1472 | 1437 |
Instruction Following ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 76.9 (#35), Mistral Large 3: 74.1 (#104)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1460 | 1402 |
Long Context ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#56), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#102)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1462 | 1413 |
Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 65.3 (#50), Mistral Large 3: 60.2 (#100)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1468 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1440 | 1385 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1471 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |
Frequently asked questions
Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Mistral Large 3?
ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is ERNIE 5.1 or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?
ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Mistral Large 3 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.