# Claude 2.1 vs Mistral Large 3

> Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-2-1-vs-mistral-large-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Large 3 leads 38.7 to 10.2.
- Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 2.1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 25.2 | 39.1 |
| Rank | 345 | 176 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.25 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.75 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude 2.1: 26.2 (#327)
- Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |
| WeirdML | 7.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1448 |

## Reasoning

- Claude 2.1: 21.4 (#221)
- Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1429 |
| DTBench | 51% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.27 | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.2 | — |

## Math

- Claude 2.1: 10.2 (#315)
- Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1414 |

## Knowledge

- Claude 2.1: 15.4 (#292)
- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.5% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1421 |
| MMLU | 73.5% | — |

## Multimodal

- Claude 2.1: —
- Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1221 |

## Multilingual

- Claude 2.1: —
- Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1413 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1447 |
| LMArena French | — | 1455 |
| LMArena German | — | 1437 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1384 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1440 |

## Instruction Following

- Claude 2.1: —
- Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1403 |

## Long Context

- Claude 2.1: —
- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1413 |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude 2.1: —
- Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)

| Benchmark | Claude 2.1 | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1386 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1429 |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 2.1 better than Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 25.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Claude 2.1 or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

Mistral Large 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 26.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 2.1 and Mistral Large 3 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2.1 has 7 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.