Model comparison
Mistral Small 3 vs Pixtral Large
Mistral Small 3 and Pixtral Large score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.2 vs 32.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Mistral Small 3 scores higher in 0 categories and Pixtral Large in 2 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- Mistral Small 3 is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Pixtral Large.
- Pixtral Large accepts more context: 128K tokens versus 33K.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3 | Pixtral Large | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.2 | 32.2 |
| Released | 2025-01-30 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 33K | 128K |
| Max output | 16K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.08 | $6 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.3% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1246 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 50.4% | — |
Reasoning Pixtral Large leads
Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1233 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.07 | — |
Math Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 6.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1240 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 25.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1202 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: —, Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1089 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1198 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1204 | — |
| LMArena French | 1203 | — |
| LMArena German | 1211 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1111 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1188 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1214 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1246 | — |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 707 | 988 |
| LMArena Text | 1234 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1195 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1217 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3 better than Pixtral Large?
Mistral Small 3 and Pixtral Large score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.2 vs 32.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Small 3 or Pixtral Large?
Mistral Small 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Pixtral Large lists at $2 and $6.
Which has the bigger context window?
Pixtral Large does, with 128K tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3 and Pixtral Large share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Mistral Small 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.