# Llama 3.2 90B vs Mistral Small 3.1

> Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.7 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/llama-3-2-90b-vs-mistral-small-3-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 4

## Summary

- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.2 90B scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Small 3.1 in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multimodal, where Mistral Small 3.1 leads 33.2 to 25.4.

## Snapshot

| | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 27.5 | 31.7 |
| Rank | 331 | 269 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.35 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.56 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Llama 3.2 90B: —
- Mistral Small 3.1: 38.3 (#179)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1309 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Llama 3.2 90B: 30.0 (#80)
- Mistral Small 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 27.3% | — |

## Reasoning

- Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#217)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 19.7 (#254)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 125.5 | 127.48 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| EnigmaEval | 0.4% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1278 |

## Math

- Llama 3.2 90B: 11.1 (#308)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 14.7 (#301)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.6% | 3.9% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 24.8% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1262 |
| MATH Level 5 | 39.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- Llama 3.2 90B: 21.7 (#274)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#271)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 41% | 41.9% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 61% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 39.2% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1257 |
| MMLU | 80.3% | — |

## Multimodal

- Llama 3.2 90B: 25.4 (#124)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 33.2 (#99)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1000 | 1136 |
| GeoBench | 52% | — |

## Multilingual

- Llama 3.2 90B: —
- Mistral Small 3.1: 41.2 (#209)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1253 |
| LMArena French | — | 1273 |
| LMArena German | — | 1266 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1208 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1263 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1283 |

## Instruction Following

- Llama 3.2 90B: —
- Mistral Small 3.1: 63.6 (#230)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 75% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1264 |

## Long Context

- Llama 3.2 90B: —
- Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#178)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1299 |

## Writing & Preference

- Llama 3.2 90B: —
- Mistral Small 3.1: 37.0 (#259)

| Benchmark | Llama 3.2 90B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1277 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1253 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 761 |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1270 |

## FAQ

### Is Llama 3.2 90B better than Mistral Small 3.1?

Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.7 to 27.5 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Llama 3.2 90B and Mistral Small 3.1 share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.2 90B has 9 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.1 has 28.