Model comparison
Granite 4.0 H Small vs Mistral Large 3
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.0 to 43.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Vectara Hallucination Rate: 5.2% for Granite 4.0 H Small and 14.5% for Mistral Large 3.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 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 | 19 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 36.4 (#209), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1249 | 1448 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 H Small leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 24.4 (#163), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1240 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
Math Mistral Large 3 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.4 (#223), Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1247 | 1414 |
| Omni-MATH | 29.6% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Large 3 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 32.0 (#215), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | 14.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1251 | 1421 |
| MMLU-Pro | 56.9% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 4.0 H Small: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1221 |
Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.6 (#228), Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1413 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1249 | 1447 |
| LMArena Russian | 1201 | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1258 | 1440 |
| LMArena French | — | 1455 |
| LMArena German | — | 1437 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1384 |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.7 (#183), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1222 | 1403 |
| IFEval | 89% | — |
Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.7 (#213), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1242 | 1413 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads
Granite 4.0 H Small: 43.8 (#227), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 H Small | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1241 | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1211 | 1386 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1242 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |
| WildBench | 73.9% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 H Small better than Mistral Large 3?
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Granite 4.0 H Small or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?
Granite 4.0 H Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.4 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 H Small and Mistral Large 3 share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 H Small has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.