Model comparison
Llama 3.2 90B vs Mistral Small 3
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.2 90B scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Small 3 in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Small 3 leads 16.3 to 11.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 41% for Llama 3.2 90B and 47.3% for Mistral Small 3.
Side by side
| Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 27.5 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2024-09-24 | 2025-01-30 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 33K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.08 |
| Results tracked | 9 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: —, Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.3% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1246 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80), Mistral Small 3: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 27.3% | — |
Reasoning Llama 3.2 90B leads
Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217), Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 125.5 | 127.07 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| EnigmaEval | 0.4% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1233 |
Math Mistral Small 3 leads
Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308), Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.6% | 6.7% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1240 |
| MATH Level 5 | 39.4% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Small 3 leads
Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274), Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 41% | 47.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 25.2% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1202 |
| MMLU | 80.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124), Mistral Small 3: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1000 | — |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: —, Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1198 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1204 |
| LMArena French | — | 1203 |
| LMArena German | — | 1211 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1188 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1216 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: —, Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1214 |
Long Context Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: —, Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1246 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: —, Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1234 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1195 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 707 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1217 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.2 90B better than Mistral Small 3?
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.2 90B and Mistral Small 3 share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.2 90B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.