Model comparison

Mistral Small 3.2 vs Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B

Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.6 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small 3.2 scores higher in 2 categories and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 24.9 to 13.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 30.3% for Mistral Small 3.2 and 4.4% for Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B.

Side by side

Mistral Small 3.2 and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B specifications
Mistral Small 3.2Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
ProviderMistral AIAllen Institute for AI (Ai2)
Noometry Index30.832.6
Released2025-06-202024-11-21
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window256K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.0938—
Output $ / M tokens$0.25—
Results tracked614

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.2: —, Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 35.4 (#211)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Coding—1236

Reasoning Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B leads

Mistral Small 3.2: 17.5 (#282), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 22.9 (#172)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
Kagi LLM Benchmark40.4%—
Chess Puzzles1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1220
Epoch Capabilities Index131.73—

Math Mistral Small 3.2 leads

Mistral Small 3.2: 24.9 (#251), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 13.3 (#297)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202530.3%4.4%
LMArena Math—1242
MATH Level 5—42.7%

Knowledge Mistral Small 3.2 leads

Mistral Small 3.2: 26.8 (#249), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 25.1 (#257)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
GPQA Diamond49.1%46.3%

Multilingual Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.2: —, Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 40.1 (#217)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Non-English—1236
LMArena Chinese—1249
LMArena Russian—1246

Instruction Following Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.2: —, Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 65.0 (#222)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Instruction Following—1233

Long Context Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.2: —, Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 37.1 (#217)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Longer Query—1224

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Mistral Small 3.2: 45.1 (#219), Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B: 45.8 (#218)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B
LMArena Text—1256
LMArena Creative Writing—1231
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1255—
LMArena Multi-Turn—1252

Frequently asked questions

Is Mistral Small 3.2 better than Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B?

Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.6 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.2 and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.2 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Tulu 3 (Tülu 3) 70B has 14.

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