# Llama 13b vs Mistral Nemo

> Mistral Nemo is the stronger model overall, scoring 26.4 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/llama-13b-vs-mistral-nemo
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 4

## Summary

- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Nemo in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Nemo leads 28.5 to 13.8.

## Snapshot

| | Llama 13b | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 24.4 | 26.4 |
| Rank | 348 | 337 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.15 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337)
- Mistral Nemo: —

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 683 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Llama 13b: —
- Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#125)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.6% |
| BALROG | — | 17.6% |

## Reasoning

- Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329)
- Mistral Nemo: 20.7 (#232)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 100.58 | 118.68 |
| PIQA | 80.1% | 83.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 728 | — |
| DTBench | — | 48.6% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 37.9% | — |
| HellaSwag | 79.2% | — |
| LAMBADA | 75.2% | — |
| WinoGrande | 73% | — |

## Math

- Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256)
- Mistral Nemo: 25.5 (#268)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | 20.6% | 84.2% |
| LMArena Math | 838 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 10.8% |

## Knowledge

- Llama 13b: —
- Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#298)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| BoolQ | 78.7% | 82.5% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 29.9% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 52.7% | — |
| MMLU | 47.7% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 56.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 77.9% | — |

## Multimodal

- Llama 13b: —
- Mistral Nemo: —

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 43.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297)
- Mistral Nemo: —

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 819 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305)
- Mistral Nemo: —

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 781 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312)
- Mistral Nemo: 28.5 (#296)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 834 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 794 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 881 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 753 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Llama 13b better than Mistral Nemo?

Mistral Nemo is the stronger model overall, scoring 26.4 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

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

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Nemo has 10.