Model comparison
Llama 3.2 90B vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.2 90B scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Medium 3.5 leads 39.1 to 11.1.
Side by side
| Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Medium 3.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 27.5 | 40.2 |
| Released | 2024-09-24 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 210K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 9 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1264 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1461 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80), Mistral Medium 3.5: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 27.3% | — |
Reasoning Llama 3.2 90B leads
Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217), Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 125.5 | 141.35 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 41.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 12.9% |
| EnigmaEval | 0.4% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1436 |
Math Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308), Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.6% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1431 |
| MATH Level 5 | 39.4% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274), Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 41% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1432 |
| MMLU | 80.3% | — |
Multimodal Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124), Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1000 | 1223 |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1442 |
| LMArena French | — | 1448 |
| LMArena German | — | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1385 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1409 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1415 |
Long Context Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1415 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1374 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1423 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.2 90B better than Mistral Medium 3.5?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.2 90B and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.2 90B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.