Model comparison
Mistral Large 4 vs o1-mini
Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 4 scores higher in 8 categories and o1-mini in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Mistral Large 4 leads 22.5 to 8.8.
Side by side
| Mistral Large 4 | o1-mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 34.0 |
| Released | 2026-10-06 | 2024-09-12 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 262K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.68 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.09 | — |
| Results tracked | 15 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Large 4 leads
Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57), o1-mini: 35.5 (#224)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1475 | 1362 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 32.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1541 | — |
| WeirdML | — | 36.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 48% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 89% |
| MBPP+ | — | 78.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Large 4: —, o1-mini: 24.6 (#118)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | — | 10% |
Reasoning Mistral Large 4 leads
Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192), o1-mini: 8.8 (#346)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1444 | 1333 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0.8% |
| SimpleBench | — | 18.1% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 27.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 14% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 72.3% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 57.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 135.82 |
| LiveBench | — | 57.8% |
Math Mistral Large 4 leads
Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91), o1-mini: 35.4 (#186)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1488 | 1358 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 46.9% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 62% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 89.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge Mistral Large 4 leads
Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166), o1-mini: 34.9 (#192)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | 1316 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 62.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 20% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 18.6% |
Multilingual Mistral Large 4 leads
Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82), o1-mini: 43.6 (#182)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1415 | 1289 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1491 | 1314 |
| LMArena Russian | 1414 | 1283 |
| LMArena French | — | 1293 |
| LMArena German | — | 1278 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1245 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1223 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1303 |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 4 leads
Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76), o1-mini: 66.7 (#206)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1424 | 1304 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 65.4% |
Long Context Mistral Large 4 leads
Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89), o1-mini: 40.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1429 | 1320 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 4 leads
Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97), o1-mini: 48.4 (#202)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | o1-mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | 1317 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1361 | 1244 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1424 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 64.9% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 40.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Large 4 better than o1-mini?
Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 34.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Large 4 or o1-mini better for coding?
Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 4 and o1-mini share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 4 has 15 scored results on Noometry and o1-mini has 39.