Model comparison
Mistral Large vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large scores higher in 0 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads 36.3 to 18.2.
Side by side
| Mistral Large | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 39.4 |
| Released | 2024-02-26 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $6 | — |
| Results tracked | 51 | 16 |
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Category by category
Coding Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Mistral Large: 34.3 (#240), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1277 | 1347 |
| SciCode | 36.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 30% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 47.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 38.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 264.7 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 62.2% | — |
| MBPP+ | 59.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Large: 28.6 (#89), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 38.4% | — |
Reasoning Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Mistral Large: 15.8 (#310), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1322 |
| SimpleBench | 22.5% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 43.5% | — |
| DTBench | 65.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 50.1% | — |
| LMCA | 16.7% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 128.52 | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| LiveBench | 48.4% | — |
Math Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Mistral Large: 18.2 (#291), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1262 | 1305 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 8.5% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 28.1% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 42.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 50.3% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.3% | — |
Knowledge Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Mistral Large: 30.1 (#230), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1232 | 1308 |
| GPQA Diamond | 51.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 59.9% | — |
| Confabulations | 21.4% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 4.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.5% | — |
| MMLU | 80% | — |
Multilingual Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Mistral Large: 40.0 (#219), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1237 | 1275 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1240 | 1304 |
| LMArena French | 1325 | 1328 |
| LMArena German | 1254 | 1282 |
| LMArena Korean | 1202 | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | 1257 | 1268 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1268 | 1336 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1188 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Mistral Large: 67.9 (#191), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1249 | 1299 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 67.9% | — |
| IFEval | 87.7% | — |
Long Context Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Mistral Large: 38.3 (#199), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1261 | 1312 |
Writing & Preference Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads
Mistral Large: 40.7 (#242), Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1266 | 1311 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1243 | 1264 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1260 | 1309 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 69% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 985 | — |
| WildBench | 80.1% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 39.4% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Large better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Large or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?
Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 34.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Large and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large has 51 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.