# Command R vs Mistral Large 3

> Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-vs-mistral-large-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 0 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.0 to 38.2.
- Command R is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.75 for Mistral Large 3.
- Mistral Large 3 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.

## Snapshot

| | Command R | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 39.1 |
| Rank | 272 | 176 |
| Context | 128K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.15 | $0.25 |
| Output $/M | $0.60 | $0.75 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Command R: 29.3 (#306)
- Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)

| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1169 | 1448 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | — |

## Reasoning

- Command R: 13.8 (#331)
- Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)

| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | — |
| DTBench | 46.4% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | — |
| LMCA | 9.2% | — |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | — |

## Math

- Command R: 28.0 (#246)
- Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)

| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1155 | 1414 |
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- Command R: 31.0 (#221)
- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)

| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | 1421 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.5% |
| MMLU | 65.2% | — |

## Multimodal

- Command R: —
- Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)

| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1221 |

## Multilingual

- Command R: 35.7 (#245)
- Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)

| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | 1413 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | 1447 |
| LMArena French | 1162 | 1455 |
| LMArena German | 1176 | 1437 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | 1163 | 1384 |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1151 | 1440 |

## Instruction Following

- Command R: 58.1 (#261)
- Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)

| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | 1403 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Command R: 36.3 (#231)
- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)

| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | 1413 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R: 38.2 (#254)
- Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)

| Benchmark | Command R | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | 1386 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command R better than Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Command R or Mistral Large 3?

Command R is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 3 lists at $0.25 and $0.75.

### Is Command R or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

Mistral Large 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 29.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 3 does, with 262K tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Command R and Mistral Large 3 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.