Model comparison
Llama 13b vs Mistral Small 3.2
Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Small 3.2 in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 45.0 to 13.8.
Side by side
| Llama 13b | Mistral Small 3.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 24.4 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2023-02-24 | 2025-06-20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 256K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.0938 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 683 | — |
Reasoning Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329), Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 100.58 | 131.74 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 728 | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 37.9% | — |
| HellaSwag | 79.2% | — |
| LAMBADA | 75.2% | — |
| PIQA | 80.1% | — |
| WinoGrande | 73% | — |
Math Too close to call
Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30.3% |
| LMArena Math | 838 | — |
| GSM8K | 20.6% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Llama 13b: —, Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 52.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 78.7% | — |
| MMLU | 47.7% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 56.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 13b: —, Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 43.3% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 819 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 781 | — |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)
| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 834 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 794 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 753 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 13b better than Mistral Small 3.2?
Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and Mistral Small 3.2 share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.