Model comparison
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct vs Mistral Large 3
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.0 8b Instruct scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Large 3 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.0 to 31.1.
Side by side
| Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Mistral Large 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.6 | 39.1 |
| Released | — | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.75 |
| Results tracked | 14 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Large 3 leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.7 (#301), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1112 | 1448 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 29.3% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 35.4% | — |
Reasoning Granite 3.0 8b Instruct leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 20.9 (#230), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1092 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
Math Mistral Large 3 leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 32.8 (#210), Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1143 | 1414 |
Knowledge Mistral Large 3 leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 29.6 (#236), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1087 | 1421 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.5% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1221 |
Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 27.2 (#276), Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1037 | 1413 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1063 | 1447 |
| LMArena Russian | 1060 | 1411 |
| LMArena French | — | 1455 |
| LMArena German | — | 1437 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1384 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1440 |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 56.0 (#276), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1088 | 1403 |
Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 34.0 (#252), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1122 | 1413 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads
Granite 3.0 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#285), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)
| Benchmark | Granite 3.0 8b Instruct | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1096 | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1071 | 1386 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1063 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 3.0 8b Instruct better than Mistral Large 3?
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 3.0 8b Instruct or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?
Mistral Large 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 29.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 3.0 8b Instruct and Mistral Large 3 share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.0 8b Instruct has 14 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.