Model comparison
Mistral Large 3 vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
Mistral Large 3 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.1 vs 39.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 5 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads 26.4 to 15.2.
Side by side
| Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 39.4 |
| 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 | 16 |
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Category by category
Coding Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1448 | 1347 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |
Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | 1322 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |
Math Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1414 | 1305 |
Knowledge Too close to call
Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | 1308 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1221 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1413 | 1275 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1447 | 1304 |
| LMArena French | 1455 | 1328 |
| LMArena German | 1437 | 1282 |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | 1411 | 1268 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1440 | 1336 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1394 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | 1299 |
Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | 1312 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1311 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1386 | 1264 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | 1309 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Large 3 better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?
Mistral Large 3 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.1 vs 39.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Mistral Large 3 or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.