Model comparison
Llama 13b vs Mistral Small 3
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 9 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Small 3 in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Mistral Small 3 leads 63.7 to 36.7.
Side by side
| Llama 13b | Mistral Small 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 24.4 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2023-02-24 | 2025-01-30 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 33K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.08 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3 leads
Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337), Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 683 | 1246 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.4% |
Reasoning Mistral Small 3 leads
Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329), Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 728 | 1233 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 100.58 | 127.07 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 37.9% | — |
| HellaSwag | 79.2% | — |
| LAMBADA | 75.2% | — |
| PIQA | 80.1% | — |
| WinoGrande | 73% | — |
Math Llama 13b leads
Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256), Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 838 | 1240 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 6.7% |
| GSM8K | 20.6% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Llama 13b: —, Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 25.2% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1202 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 52.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 78.7% | — |
| MMLU | 47.7% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 56.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 13b: —, Mistral Small 3: —
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 43.3% | — |
Multilingual Mistral Small 3 leads
Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297), Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 819 | 1198 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1204 |
| LMArena French | — | 1203 |
| LMArena German | — | 1211 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1188 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1216 |
Instruction Following Mistral Small 3 leads
Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305), Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 781 | 1214 |
Long Context Not comparable
Llama 13b: —, Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1246 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3 leads
Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312), Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 834 | 1234 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 794 | 1195 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 753 | 1217 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 707 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 13b better than Mistral Small 3?
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 13b or Mistral Small 3 better for coding?
Mistral Small 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.5 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and Mistral Small 3 share?
9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.