Model comparison
Mistral Large 3 vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads 22.4 to 15.2.
- Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 33.4 |
| Released | 2025-12-02 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.25 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.75 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.8 (#133)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |
| SciCode | — | 42.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1448 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: —, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#136)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | — | 2% |
Reasoning Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 22.4 (#194)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | — |
Math Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1414 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1221 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1413 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1447 | — |
| LMArena French | 1455 | — |
| LMArena German | 1437 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1394 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1411 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1440 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1386 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Large 3 better than Nova 2.0 Pro Preview?
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Large 3 or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better for coding?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3.