Model comparison
Mistral Large 3 vs Olmo 3 32b Think
Mistral Large 3 and Olmo 3 32b Think score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.1 vs 38.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 6 categories and Olmo 3 32b Think in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Mistral Large 3 leads 52.5 to 41.2.
Side by side
| Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3 32b Think | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 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 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Olmo 3 32b Think leads
Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237), Olmo 3 32b Think: 38.6 (#172)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1448 | 1319 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |
Reasoning Olmo 3 32b Think leads
Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319), Olmo 3 32b Think: 25.9 (#140)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | 1302 |
| 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 32b Think: 36.5 (#165)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1414 | 1316 |
Knowledge Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177), Olmo 3 32b Think: 35.0 (#190)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | 1273 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66), Olmo 3 32b Think: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1221 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84), Olmo 3 32b Think: 41.2 (#210)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1413 | 1255 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1447 | 1300 |
| LMArena French | 1455 | 1291 |
| LMArena German | 1437 | 1290 |
| LMArena Russian | 1411 | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1394 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1440 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108), Olmo 3 32b Think: 67.2 (#198)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | 1275 |
Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105), Olmo 3 32b Think: 39.4 (#182)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | 1296 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101), Olmo 3 32b Think: 49.1 (#193)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3 32b Think |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1300 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1386 | 1256 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | 1290 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Large 3 better than Olmo 3 32b Think?
Mistral Large 3 and Olmo 3 32b Think score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.1 vs 38.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Mistral Large 3 or Olmo 3 32b Think better for coding?
Olmo 3 32b Think scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.6 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Olmo 3 32b Think share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3 32b Think has 14.