Model comparison

Llama 3.2 1B vs Mistral Large 3

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 20.1 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.2 1B costs 5.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 14 shared benchmarks.

Llama 3.2 1B

Summary

They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.2 1B scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Large 3 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.0 to 21.3.
Llama 3.2 1B is cheaper at $0.027 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.75 for Mistral Large 3.
Mistral Large 3 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 60K.

Side by side

Llama 3.2 1B and Mistral Large 3 specifications
	Llama 3.2 1B	Mistral Large 3
Provider	Meta	Mistral AI
Noometry Index	20.1	39.1
Released	2024-09-24	2025-12-02
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	60K	262K
Max output	54K	8K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.027	$0.25
Output $ / M tokens	$0.20	$0.75
Results tracked	22	24

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Category by category

Coding Mistral Large 3 leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 21.1 (#338), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Coding	1070	1448
LMArena WebDev	—	1230
BigCodeBench Instruct	8.2%	—
BigCodeBench Complete	11.3%	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Llama 3.2 1B: 14.6 (#150), Mistral Large 3: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Mistral Large 3
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	10.8%	—
BALROG	6.6%	—

Reasoning Llama 3.2 1B leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 16.2 (#308), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Hard Prompts	1044	1429
Kagi LLM Benchmark	—	50.9%
NYT Connections (extended)	—	7.5%
Chess Puzzles	0%	—
Thematic Generalization	—	23%
Epoch Capabilities Index	101.99	—

Math Mistral Large 3 leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 10.4 (#313), Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Math	1086	1414
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	0.6%	—

Knowledge Mistral Large 3 leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 7.2 (#312), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Expert	1007	1421
GPQA Diamond	23.9%	—
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	14.5%

Multimodal Not comparable

Llama 3.2 1B: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Vision	—	1221

Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 23.8 (#292), Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Non-English	973	1413
LMArena Chinese	959	1447
LMArena German	1014	1437
LMArena Russian	941	1411
LMArena French	—	1455
LMArena Japanese	—	1394
LMArena Korean	—	1384
LMArena Spanish	—	1440

Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 52.4 (#290), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Instruction Following	1031	1403

Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 31.9 (#274), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Longer Query	1050	1413

Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads

Llama 3.2 1B: 21.3 (#310), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Llama 3.2 1B	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Text	1055	1428
LMArena Creative Writing	1033	1386
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	200	1412
LMArena Multi-Turn	1030	1429

Frequently asked questions

Is Llama 3.2 1B better than Mistral Large 3?

Which is cheaper, Llama 3.2 1B or Mistral Large 3?

Llama 3.2 1B is cheaper. It lists at $0.027 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 3 lists at $0.25 and $0.75.

Is Llama 3.2 1B or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

Mistral Large 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 21.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 3 does, with 262K tokens against 60K.

How many benchmarks do Llama 3.2 1B and Mistral Large 3 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.2 1B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.