Model comparison
Llama 3.2 90B vs Mistral Small 3.1
Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.2 90B scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Small 3.1 in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multimodal, where Mistral Small 3.1 leads 32.6 to 24.9.
Side by side
| Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 27.1 | 31.4 |
| Released | 2024-09-24 | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 102K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.35 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.56 |
| Results tracked | 9 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: —, Mistral Small 3.1: 37.7 (#175)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1309 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: 29.7 (#73), Mistral Small 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 27.3% | — |
Reasoning Llama 3.2 90B leads
Llama 3.2 90B: 20.9 (#207), Mistral Small 3.1: 18.9 (#249)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 125.5 | 127.48 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| EnigmaEval | 0.4% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1278 |
Math Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Llama 3.2 90B: 10.4 (#302), Mistral Small 3.1: 13.7 (#295)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.6% | 3.9% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 24.8% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1261 |
| MATH Level 5 | 39.4% | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#269), Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#266)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 41% | 41.9% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 61% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 39.2% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1258 |
| MMLU | 80.3% | — |
Multimodal Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Llama 3.2 90B: 24.9 (#119), Mistral Small 3.1: 32.6 (#93)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1000 | 1136 |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: —, Mistral Small 3.1: 41.4 (#204)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1254 |
| LMArena French | — | 1270 |
| LMArena German | — | 1266 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1210 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1263 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1283 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: —, Mistral Small 3.1: 63.8 (#225)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 75% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1264 |
Long Context Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: —, Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#172)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1300 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Llama 3.2 90B: —, Mistral Small 3.1: 37.2 (#254)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1278 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1253 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 761 |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1270 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.2 90B better than Mistral Small 3.1?
Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.2 90B and Mistral Small 3.1 share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.2 90B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.1 has 28.