Model comparison
Mistral Large 3 vs Mistral Nemo
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 2.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 3 categories and Mistral Nemo in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.2 to 28.6.
- Mistral Nemo is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.75 for Mistral Large 3.
- Mistral Large 3 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Nemo | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 38.6 | 25.9 |
| Released | 2025-12-02 | 2024-07-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 128K |
| Max output | 8K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.25 | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.75 | $0.15 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 34.1 (#230), Mistral Nemo: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: —, Mistral Nemo: 23.3 (#118)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.6% |
| BALROG | — | 17.6% |
Reasoning Mistral Nemo leads
Mistral Large 3: 14.6 (#314), Mistral Nemo: 19.9 (#230)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | — |
| DTBench | — | 48.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.63 |
| PIQA | — | 83.5% |
Math Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#131), Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#263)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1415 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 10.8% |
| GSM8K | — | 84.2% |
Knowledge Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 35.5 (#173), Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#293)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 29.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | — |
| BoolQ | — | 82.5% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 37.6 (#65), Mistral Nemo: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1222 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 52.6 (#79), Mistral Nemo: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1412 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1448 | — |
| LMArena French | 1456 | — |
| LMArena German | 1438 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1399 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1412 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1437 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 74.1 (#104), Mistral Nemo: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1402 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#102), Mistral Nemo: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | — |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 60.2 (#100), Mistral Nemo: 28.6 (#291)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | 881 |
| LMArena Text | 1427 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1385 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Large 3 better than Mistral Nemo?
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 2.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 3 or Mistral Nemo?
Mistral Nemo is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 3 lists at $0.25 and $0.75.
Which has the bigger context window?
Mistral Large 3 does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Mistral Nemo share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Nemo has 10.