# Llama 13b vs Mistral

> Mistral is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

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

## Summary

- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 1 category and Mistral in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral leads 37.2 to 13.9.
- Llama 13b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Llama 13b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 23.9 | 29.4 |
| Rank | 344 | 297 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Llama 13b: 20.9 (#332)
- Mistral: 33.2 (#249)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 683 | 1162 |

## Reasoning

- Llama 13b: 13.4 (#327)
- Mistral: 21.3 (#199)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 728 | 1149 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 37.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 100.09 | — |
| HellaSwag | 79.2% | — |
| LAMBADA | 75.2% | — |
| PIQA | 80.1% | — |
| WinoGrande | 73% | — |

## Math

- Llama 13b: 24.4 (#259)
- Mistral: 20.5 (#275)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 838 | 1180 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |
| GSM8K | 20.6% | — |

## Knowledge

- Llama 13b: —
- Mistral: 16.3 (#283)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1125 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 52.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 78.7% | — |
| MMLU | 47.7% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 56.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 77.9% | — |

## Multimodal

- Llama 13b: —
- Mistral: —

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

## Multilingual

- Llama 13b: 16.8 (#292)
- Mistral: 33.0 (#249)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 819 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1109 |
| LMArena French | — | 1179 |
| LMArena German | — | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1012 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1032 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1143 |

## Instruction Following

- Llama 13b: 36.9 (#300)
- Mistral: 52.9 (#283)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 781 | 1152 |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |

## Long Context

- Llama 13b: —
- Mistral: 35.0 (#240)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1154 |

## Writing & Preference

- Llama 13b: 13.9 (#307)
- Mistral: 37.2 (#255)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 834 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 794 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 753 | 1147 |
| WildBench | — | 66% |

## FAQ

### Is Llama 13b better than Mistral?

Mistral is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 23.9 on the Noometry Index.

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

Mistral scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.2 versus 20.9 in the Noometry coding category.

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

8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.