# DBRX vs Mistral Small 3

> Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

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

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 3 categories and Mistral Small 3 in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mistral Small 3 leads 25.1 to 14.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 47.3% for Mistral Small 3.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 31.2 |
| Rank | 311 | 278 |
| Context | — | 33K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.05 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.08 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.9 (#266)
- Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1246 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.4% |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 21.4 (#222)
- Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1233 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 127.07 |

## Math

- DBRX: 24.3 (#269)
- Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1240 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 6.7% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#294)
- Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 47.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1202 |
| Confabulations | — | 25.2% |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.3 (#268)
- Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1198 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1204 |
| LMArena French | 1096 | 1203 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1211 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1188 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1216 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | — |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.5 (#270)
- Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1214 |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#258)
- Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1246 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.6 (#275)
- Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1234 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1195 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1217 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 707 |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Mistral Small 3?

Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DBRX or Mistral Small 3 better for coding?

Mistral Small 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.5 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Mistral Small 3 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.