# Mistral Large 3 vs Muse Spark

> Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-large-3-vs-muse-spark
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Spark leads 65.7 to 36.0.
- Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Large 3 | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 50.6 |
| Rank | 176 | 46 |
| Context | 262K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.25 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.75 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)
- Muse Spark: 46.2 (#69)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1448 | 1481 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |
| SciCode | — | 51.5% |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)
- Muse Spark: 35.9 (#67)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | 1474 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| CritPt | — | 11.3% |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 152.04 |

## Math

- Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)
- Muse Spark: 47.8 (#66)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1414 | 1455 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 88.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 17% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 39% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 14.6% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)
- Muse Spark: 65.7 (#13)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | 1457 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 89.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 40.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |

## Multimodal

- Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)
- Muse Spark: 43.4 (#24)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1221 | 1306 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1444 |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)
- Muse Spark: 56.1 (#24)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1413 | 1464 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1447 | 1509 |
| LMArena French | 1455 | 1497 |
| LMArena German | 1437 | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | 1459 |
| LMArena Russian | 1411 | 1466 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1440 | 1472 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1394 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)
- Muse Spark: 75.9 (#51)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | 1442 |

## Long Context

- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)
- Muse Spark: 44.4 (#69)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | 1451 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)
- Muse Spark: 66.0 (#39)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1474 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1386 | 1459 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | 1477 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Large 3 better than Muse Spark?

Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mistral Large 3 or Muse Spark better for coding?

Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.2 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Muse Spark share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark has 27.