Model comparison
Llama 2-7B vs Mistral Small 3
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-7B 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 2-7B leads 30.7 to 16.3.
Side by side
| Llama 2-7B | Mistral Small 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 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 | 29 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3 leads
Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307), Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1002 | 1246 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.4% |
Reasoning Mistral Small 3 leads
Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312), Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1009 | 1233 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 99.06 | 127.07 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 39.2% | — |
| HellaSwag | 77.2% | — |
| LAMBADA | 73.3% | — |
| PIQA | 78.8% | — |
| WinoGrande | 69.2% | — |
Math Llama 2-7B leads
Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233), Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1042 | 1240 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 6.7% |
| GSM8K | 16.7% | — |
Knowledge Llama 2-7B leads
Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248), Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1036 | 1202 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 25.2% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 45.9% | — |
| BoolQ | 77.9% | — |
| MMLU | 45.8% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 58.6% | — |
| TriviaQA | 73.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 2-7B: —, Mistral Small 3: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 43.1% | — |
Multilingual Mistral Small 3 leads
Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293), Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 973 | 1198 |
| LMArena Chinese | 973 | 1204 |
| LMArena French | 970 | 1203 |
| LMArena German | 978 | 1211 |
| LMArena Russian | 995 | 1216 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1188 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1007 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Small 3 leads
Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298), Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1006 | 1214 |
Long Context Mistral Small 3 leads
Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287), Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 999 | 1246 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3 leads
Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298), Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1053 | 1234 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1033 | 1195 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1029 | 1217 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 707 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 2-7B better than Mistral Small 3?
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 2-7B or Mistral Small 3 better for coding?
Mistral Small 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.5 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 2-7B and Mistral Small 3 share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-7B has 29 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.