# Llama 13b vs Mistral Large 3

> Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/llama-13b-vs-mistral-large-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 8

## Summary

- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 0 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.0 to 13.8.

## Snapshot

| | Llama 13b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 24.4 | 39.1 |
| Rank | 348 | 176 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.25 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.75 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337)
- Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 683 | 1448 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |

## Reasoning

- Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329)
- Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 728 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 37.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 100.58 | — |
| HellaSwag | 79.2% | — |
| LAMBADA | 75.2% | — |
| PIQA | 80.1% | — |
| WinoGrande | 73% | — |

## Math

- Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256)
- Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 838 | 1414 |
| GSM8K | 20.6% | — |

## Knowledge

- Llama 13b: —
- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.5% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1421 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 52.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 78.7% | — |
| MMLU | 47.7% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 56.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 77.9% | — |

## Multimodal

- Llama 13b: —
- Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1221 |
| ScienceQA | 43.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297)
- Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 819 | 1413 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1447 |
| LMArena French | — | 1455 |
| LMArena German | — | 1437 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1384 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1440 |

## Instruction Following

- Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305)
- Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 781 | 1403 |

## Long Context

- Llama 13b: —
- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1413 |

## Writing & Preference

- Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312)
- Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 834 | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 794 | 1386 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 753 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |

## FAQ

### Is Llama 13b better than Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Llama 13b or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

Mistral Large 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and Mistral Large 3 share?

8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.