# Amazon Nova Lite vs Mistral Large 3

> Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 3.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/amazon-nova-lite-vs-mistral-large-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Lite scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Large 3 in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.0 to 42.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Vectara Hallucination Rate: 6.1% for Amazon Nova Lite and 14.5% for Mistral Large 3.
- Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.24 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.75 for Mistral Large 3.
- Amazon Nova Lite accepts more context: 300K tokens versus 262K.
- Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 39.1 |
| Rank | 265 | 176 |
| Context | 300K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.06 | $0.25 |
| Output $/M | $0.24 | $0.75 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Amazon Nova Lite: 32.5 (#270)
- Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1239 | 1448 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |
| LiveBench Coding | 27.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 236.25 | — |

## Reasoning

- Amazon Nova Lite: 19.3 (#260)
- Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1220 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 36.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 37.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 36.4% | — |

## Math

- Amazon Nova Lite: 27.8 (#247)
- Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1227 | 1414 |
| Omni-MATH | 23.3% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 36.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Amazon Nova Lite: 26.3 (#259)
- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.1% | 14.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1201 | 1421 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 3.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 60% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.7% | — |
| MMLU | 77% | — |

## Multimodal

- Amazon Nova Lite: 25.5 (#123)
- Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 990 | 1221 |

## Multilingual

- Amazon Nova Lite: 38.0 (#232)
- Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1208 | 1413 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | 1447 |
| LMArena French | 1237 | 1455 |
| LMArena German | 1229 | 1437 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1153 | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | 1153 | 1384 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1226 | 1440 |

## Instruction Following

- Amazon Nova Lite: 59.3 (#255)
- Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1205 | 1403 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 54.1% | — |
| IFEval | 77.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Amazon Nova Lite: 37.4 (#217)
- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1234 | 1413 |

## Writing & Preference

- Amazon Nova Lite: 42.1 (#237)
- Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)

| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1197 | 1386 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1199 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |
| WildBench | 75% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.9% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Amazon Nova Lite better than Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Lite costs 3.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Lite or Mistral Large 3?

Amazon Nova Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.24 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 3 lists at $0.25 and $0.75.

### Is Amazon Nova Lite or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

Mistral Large 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Amazon Nova Lite does, with 300K tokens against 262K.

### How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Lite and Mistral Large 3 share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Lite has 34 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.