# Mistral Large 3 vs Mistral Large 4

> Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 3 costs 2.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-large-3-vs-mistral-large-4
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 14

## Summary

- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 0 categories and Mistral Large 4 in 8 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Mistral Large 4 leads 48.6 to 34.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 7.5% for Mistral Large 3 and 27.4% for Mistral Large 4.
- Mistral Large 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.75 per million input/output tokens, against $0.68 / $2.09 for Mistral Large 4.
- Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
- Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 43.1 |
| Rank | 176 | 99 |
| Context | 262K | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | $0.25 | $0.68 |
| Output $/M | $0.75 | $2.09 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)
- Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | 1541 |
| LMArena Coding | 1448 | 1475 |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)
- Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | 27.4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | 1444 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |

## Math

- Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)
- Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1414 | 1488 |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)
- Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | 1447 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 20% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |

## Multimodal

- Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)
- Mistral Large 4: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1221 | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)
- Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1413 | 1415 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1447 | 1491 |
| LMArena Russian | 1411 | 1414 |
| LMArena French | 1455 | — |
| LMArena German | 1437 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1394 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1440 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)
- Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | 1424 |

## Long Context

- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)
- Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | 1429 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)
- Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1386 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | 1424 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Large 3 better than Mistral Large 4?

Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 3 costs 2.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 3 or Mistral Large 4?

Mistral Large 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 4 lists at $0.68 and $2.09.

### Is Mistral Large 3 or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?

Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Mistral Large 4 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.