# Magistral Medium vs Mistral Large 3

> Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/magistral-medium-vs-mistral-large-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Medium scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Large 3 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.0 to 46.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 16.2% for Magistral Medium and 50.9% for Mistral Large 3.
- Mistral Large 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.75 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $5 for Magistral Medium.

## Snapshot

| | Magistral Medium | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 35.2 | 39.1 |
| Rank | 227 | 176 |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $2 | $0.25 |
| Output $/M | $5 | $0.75 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161)
- Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1319 | 1448 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |
| SciCode | 39.2% | — |

## Reasoning

- Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348)
- Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 16.2% | 50.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1267 | 1429 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 6.1% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |

## Math

- Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189)
- Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1250 | 1414 |

## Knowledge

- Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202)
- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1421 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.5% |

## Multimodal

- Magistral Medium: —
- Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1221 |

## Multilingual

- Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224)
- Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1232 | 1413 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1227 | 1447 |
| LMArena French | 1267 | 1455 |
| LMArena German | 1248 | 1437 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | 1125 | 1384 |
| LMArena Russian | 1224 | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1271 | 1440 |

## Instruction Following

- Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211)
- Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1254 | 1403 |

## Long Context

- Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183)
- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1295 | 1413 |

## Writing & Preference

- Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219)
- Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1255 | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1245 | 1386 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |

## FAQ

### Is Magistral Medium better than Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Magistral Medium or Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens; Magistral Medium lists at $2 and $5.

### Is Magistral Medium or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

Magistral Medium scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 262K tokens.

### How many benchmarks do Magistral Medium and Mistral Large 3 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Medium has 22 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.