# Mistral Large 3 vs Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct

> Mistral Large 3 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.1 vs 39.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-large-3-vs-olmo-3-1-32b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 16

## Summary

- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 5 categories and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct leads 26.4 to 15.2.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 39.4 |
| Rank | 176 | 168 |
| Context | 262K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.25 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.75 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.5 (#157)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1448 | 1347 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 26.4 (#132)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | 1322 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |

## Math

- Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.3 (#167)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1414 | 1305 |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 36.1 (#175)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | 1308 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |

## Multimodal

- Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1221 | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 42.6 (#191)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1413 | 1275 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1447 | 1304 |
| LMArena French | 1455 | 1328 |
| LMArena German | 1437 | 1282 |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | 1411 | 1268 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1440 | 1336 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1394 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 68.6 (#187)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | 1299 |

## Long Context

- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 39.9 (#166)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | 1312 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)
- Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct: 50.2 (#185)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1311 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1386 | 1264 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | 1309 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Large 3 better than Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct?

Mistral Large 3 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (39.1 vs 39.4), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

### Is Mistral Large 3 or Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct better for coding?

Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.5 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 3.1 32b Instruct has 16.