# Granite 3.1 8b Instruct vs Mistral Large 3

> Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/granite-3-1-8b-instruct-vs-mistral-large-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct 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 60.2 to 35.7.

## Snapshot

| | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.8 | 38.6 |
| Rank | 256 | 172 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.25 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.75 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 33.9 (#232)
- Mistral Large 3: 34.1 (#230)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1186 | 1447 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 23.9 (#113)
- Mistral Large 3: —

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 21.2 (#204)
- Mistral Large 3: 14.6 (#314)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1146 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |

## Math

- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.4 (#210)
- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#131)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1152 | 1415 |

## Knowledge

- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 30.6 (#218)
- Mistral Large 3: 35.5 (#173)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1142 | 1421 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.5% |

## Multimodal

- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: —
- Mistral Large 3: 37.6 (#65)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1222 |

## Multilingual

- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 31.1 (#255)
- Mistral Large 3: 52.6 (#79)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1099 | 1412 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1145 | 1448 |
| LMArena Russian | 1092 | 1412 |
| LMArena French | — | 1456 |
| LMArena German | — | 1438 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1399 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1384 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1437 |

## Instruction Following

- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 58.9 (#254)
- Mistral Large 3: 74.1 (#104)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1131 | 1402 |

## Long Context

- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.2 (#236)
- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#102)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1162 | 1413 |

## Writing & Preference

- Granite 3.1 8b Instruct: 35.7 (#261)
- Mistral Large 3: 60.2 (#100)

| Benchmark | Granite 3.1 8b Instruct | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1150 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1129 | 1385 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1108 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |

## FAQ

### Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct better than Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Granite 3.1 8b Instruct or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (33.9 vs 34.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Granite 3.1 8b Instruct and Mistral Large 3 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 3.1 8b Instruct has 13 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.