Model comparison
Llama 2-13B vs Mistral Small 3
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-13B scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Small 3 in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Llama 2-13B leads 31.1 to 16.3.
Side by side
| Llama 2-13B | Mistral Small 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2023-07-18 | 2025-01-30 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 33K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.08 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3 leads
Llama 2-13B: 30.9 (#291), Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1062 | 1246 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.4% |
Reasoning Mistral Small 3 leads
Llama 2-13B: 12.8 (#337), Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1051 | 1233 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 106.17 | 127.07 |
| DTBench | 42.2% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 58.2% | — |
| HellaSwag | 80.7% | — |
| LAMBADA | 76.5% | — |
| PIQA | 80.8% | — |
| WinoGrande | 72.8% | — |
Math Llama 2-13B leads
Llama 2-13B: 31.1 (#229), Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1065 | 1240 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 6.7% |
| GSM8K | 36.9% | — |
Knowledge Llama 2-13B leads
Llama 2-13B: 28.1 (#249), Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1030 | 1202 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 25.2% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 60.3% | — |
| BoolQ | 82.4% | — |
| MMLU | 55.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 57% | — |
| TriviaQA | 79.6% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 2-13B: —, Mistral Small 3: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 55.8% | — |
Multilingual Mistral Small 3 leads
Llama 2-13B: 26.5 (#279), Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1024 | 1198 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1001 | 1204 |
| LMArena French | 1044 | 1203 |
| LMArena German | 1009 | 1211 |
| LMArena Japanese | 894 | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | 953 | 1188 |
| LMArena Russian | 1055 | 1216 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1087 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Small 3 leads
Llama 2-13B: 53.3 (#287), Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1045 | 1214 |
Long Context Mistral Small 3 leads
Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#269), Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1064 | 1246 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3 leads
Llama 2-13B: 29.8 (#289), Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1084 | 1234 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1047 | 1195 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1050 | 1217 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 707 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 2-13B better than Mistral Small 3?
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 2-13B or Mistral Small 3 better for coding?
Mistral Small 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.5 versus 30.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 2-13B and Mistral Small 3 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-13B has 32 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.