Model comparison
Mistral Large 3 vs Molmo 2 8b
Mistral Large 3 and Molmo 2 8b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.6 vs 38.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 4 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.2 to 49.5.
Side by side
| Mistral Large 3 | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 38.6 | 38.7 |
| Released | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.25 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.75 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 34.1 (#230), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Mistral Large 3: 14.6 (#314), Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | 1288 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |
Math Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#131), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1415 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 35.5 (#173), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | — |
Multimodal Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 37.6 (#65), Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1222 | 1081 |
Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 52.6 (#79), Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1412 | 1275 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1448 | — |
| LMArena French | 1456 | — |
| LMArena German | 1438 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1399 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1412 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1437 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 74.1 (#104), Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1402 | 1270 |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#102), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | — |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 60.2 (#100), Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1385 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Large 3 better than Molmo 2 8b?
Mistral Large 3 and Molmo 2 8b score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.6 vs 38.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Molmo 2 8b share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.