# Llama 13b vs Ministral 3B

> Ministral 3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 25.6 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/llama-13b-vs-ministral-3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 0 categories and Ministral 3B in 2 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Ministral 3B leads 17.7 to 13.4.

## Snapshot

| | Llama 13b | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 23.9 | 25.6 |
| Rank | 344 | 336 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.04 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Llama 13b: 20.9 (#332)
- Ministral 3B: —

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 683 | — |

## Reasoning

- Llama 13b: 13.4 (#327)
- Ministral 3B: 17.7 (#278)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 100.09 | 118.08 |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 728 | — |
| DTBench | — | 51.7% |
| LMCA | — | 5.5% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 37.9% | — |
| HellaSwag | 79.2% | — |
| LAMBADA | 75.2% | — |
| PIQA | 80.1% | — |
| WinoGrande | 73% | — |

## Math

- Llama 13b: 24.4 (#259)
- Ministral 3B: 24.5 (#257)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 838 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.4% |
| GSM8K | 20.6% | — |

## Knowledge

- Llama 13b: —
- Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#297)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 25.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.3% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 52.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 78.7% | — |
| MMLU | 47.7% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 56.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 77.9% | — |

## Multimodal

- Llama 13b: —
- Ministral 3B: —

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 43.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Llama 13b: 16.8 (#292)
- Ministral 3B: —

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 819 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Llama 13b: 36.9 (#300)
- Ministral 3B: —

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 781 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Llama 13b: 13.9 (#307)
- Ministral 3B: —

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Ministral 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 834 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 794 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 753 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Llama 13b better than Ministral 3B?

Ministral 3B is the stronger model overall, scoring 25.6 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and Ministral 3B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 3B has 6.