Model comparison

MiniMax M1 vs Mistral Large 3

MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.3 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 3 costs 2.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax M1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 17 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax M1

MiniMax

40.3

Rank #150 Confirmed

Mistral Large 3

Mistral AI

39.1

Rank #176 Confirmed

Summary

They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax M1 scores higher in 3 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiniMax M1 leads 26.9 to 15.2.
Mistral Large 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.75 per million input/output tokens, against $0.55 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.
MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

MiniMax M1 and Mistral Large 3 specifications
	MiniMax M1	Mistral Large 3
Provider	MiniMax	Mistral AI
Noometry Index	40.3	39.1
Released	2025-06-13	2025-12-02
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	1M	262K
Max output	40K	8K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.55	$0.25
Output $ / M tokens	$2.20	$0.75
Results tracked	18	24

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax M1 leads

MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax M1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Coding	1359	1448
LMArena WebDev	—	1230

Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads

MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax M1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Hard Prompts	1339	1429
Kagi LLM Benchmark	—	50.9%
NYT Connections (extended)	—	7.5%
Thematic Generalization	—	23%

Math Mistral Large 3 leads

MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151), Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax M1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Math	1361	1414

Knowledge Too close to call

MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax M1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Expert	1317	1421
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	14.5%

Multimodal Not comparable

MiniMax M1: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax M1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Vision	—	1221

Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads

MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163), Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax M1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Non-English	1319	1413
LMArena Chinese	1360	1447
LMArena French	1370	1455
LMArena German	1350	1437
LMArena Japanese	1217	1394
LMArena Korean	1266	1384
LMArena Russian	1329	1411
LMArena Spanish	1353	1440

Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads

MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax M1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Instruction Following	1312	1403

Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads

MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax M1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Longer Query	1326	1413
Fiction.LiveBench	69.4%	—

Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads

MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax M1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Text	1343	1428
LMArena Creative Writing	1298	1386
LMArena Multi-Turn	1335	1429
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	—	1412

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax M1 better than Mistral Large 3?

Which is cheaper, MiniMax M1 or Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.55 and $2.20.

Is MiniMax M1 or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.9 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do MiniMax M1 and Mistral Large 3 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax M1 has 18 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.