Model comparison
Mistral Small vs Pixtral Large
Mistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Mistral Small scores higher in 2 categories and Pixtral Large in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Small leads 52.5 to 32.9.
- Mistral Small is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Pixtral Large.
- Mistral Small accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Mistral Small | Pixtral Large | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 33.4 | 32.2 |
| Released | 2024-02-26 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 128K |
| Max output | 256K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.60 | $6 |
| Results tracked | 39 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Small: 34.0 (#247), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 26.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 36.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 36.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1362 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 46.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 497.62 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Small: 28.1 (#93), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 37.1% | — |
Reasoning Pixtral Large leads
Mistral Small: 19.8 (#250), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.8% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 44.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1335 | — |
| DTBench | 70.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 53.7% | — |
| LMCA | 20.6% | — |
| LiveBench | 44% | — |
Math Not comparable
Mistral Small: 16.4 (#293), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 5.8% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 39.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1341 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 46.8% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mistral Small: 31.0 (#222), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1291 | — |
| MMLU | 68.7% | — |
Multimodal Mistral Small leads
Mistral Small: 33.5 (#96), Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1142 | 1089 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Small: 45.5 (#169), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1315 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1340 | — |
| LMArena French | 1337 | — |
| LMArena German | 1340 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1275 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1259 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1324 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1346 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Small: 66.4 (#209), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 63.7% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1310 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Small: 40.4 (#156), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1327 | — |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small leads
Mistral Small: 52.5 (#171), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1338 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1305 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 988 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1344 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 30.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small better than Pixtral Large?
Mistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Small or Pixtral Large?
Mistral Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Pixtral Large lists at $2 and $6.
Which has the bigger context window?
Mistral Small does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small and Pixtral Large share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Mistral Small has 39 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.