Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Mistral Large 3
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 9.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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- The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Large 3 leads 38.7 to 12.0.
- Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.75 for Mistral Large 3.
- Mistral Large 3 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Mistral Large 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | 262K |
| Max output | 118K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | $0.75 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1448 |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1429 |
Math Mistral Large 3 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307), Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1414 |
Knowledge Mistral Large 3 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1421 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1221 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1413 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1447 |
| LMArena French | — | 1455 |
| LMArena German | — | 1437 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1384 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1440 |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1403 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1413 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1386 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |
| WildBench | 67% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1429 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Mistral Large 3?
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 9.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Granite 4.0 Micro or Mistral Large 3?
Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 3 lists at $0.25 and $0.75.
Which has the bigger context window?
Mistral Large 3 does, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Mistral Large 3 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.