# Mistral Large 3 vs Mistral Nemo

> Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 2.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-large-3-vs-mistral-nemo
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 3 categories and Mistral Nemo in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.0 to 28.5.
- Mistral Nemo is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.75 for Mistral Large 3.
- Mistral Large 3 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 26.4 |
| Rank | 176 | 337 |
| Context | 262K | 128K |
| Input $/M | $0.25 | $0.15 |
| Output $/M | $0.75 | $0.15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)
- Mistral Nemo: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1448 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Mistral Large 3: —
- Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#125)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 27.6% |
| BALROG | — | 17.6% |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)
- Mistral Nemo: 20.7 (#232)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | — |
| DTBench | — | 48.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 118.68 |
| PIQA | — | 83.5% |

## Math

- Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)
- Mistral Nemo: 25.5 (#268)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1414 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 10.8% |
| GSM8K | — | 84.2% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)
- Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#298)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 29.9% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | — |
| BoolQ | — | 82.5% |

## Multimodal

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

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

## Multilingual

- Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)
- Mistral Nemo: —

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

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)
- Mistral Nemo: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | — |

## Long Context

- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)
- Mistral Nemo: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)
- Mistral Nemo: 28.5 (#296)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | 881 |
| LMArena Text | 1428 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1386 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | — |

## FAQ

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

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 2.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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

Mistral Nemo is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 3 lists at $0.25 and $0.75.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 3 does, with 262K tokens against 128K.

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

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Nemo has 10.