Model comparison
Llama 13b vs Mistral Large 3
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 8 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 0 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.0 to 13.8.
Side by side
| Llama 13b | Mistral Large 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 24.4 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2023-02-24 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.75 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Large 3 leads
Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 683 | 1448 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |
Reasoning Mistral Large 3 leads
Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 728 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 37.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 100.58 | — |
| HellaSwag | 79.2% | — |
| LAMBADA | 75.2% | — |
| PIQA | 80.1% | — |
| WinoGrande | 73% | — |
Math Mistral Large 3 leads
Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256), Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 838 | 1414 |
| GSM8K | 20.6% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Llama 13b: —, Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.5% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1421 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 52.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 78.7% | — |
| MMLU | 47.7% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 56.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 13b: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1221 |
| ScienceQA | 43.3% | — |
Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads
Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297), Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 819 | 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
Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 781 | 1403 |
Long Context Not comparable
Llama 13b: —, Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1413 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads
Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 834 | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 794 | 1386 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 753 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 13b better than Mistral Large 3?
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 13b or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?
Mistral Large 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and Mistral Large 3 share?
8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.