Model comparison
Mistral vs Mistral Large 3
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Large 3 in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.0 to 37.0.
- Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral | Mistral Large 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 39.1 |
| Released | — | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.75 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Mistral: 33.8 (#250), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | 1448 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |
Reasoning Mistral leads
Mistral: 22.2 (#200), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
Math Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral: 22.3 (#278), Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1180 | 1414 |
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral: 16.6 (#288), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | 1421 |
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1221 |
Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral: 32.8 (#254), Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | 1413 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | 1447 |
| LMArena French | 1180 | 1455 |
| LMArena German | 1155 | 1437 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1013 | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | 1384 |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | 1440 |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral: 52.6 (#288), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | 1403 |
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |
Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral: 35.0 (#245), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1153 | 1413 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral: 37.0 (#260), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | 1386 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |
| WildBench | 66% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral better than Mistral Large 3?
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (33.8 vs 34.4); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Mistral and Mistral Large 3 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.