# Mistral Large 3 vs Yi-Lightning

> Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-large-3-vs-yi-lightning
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 7 categories and Yi-Lightning in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Yi-Lightning leads 25.9 to 15.2.
- Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Large 3 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | 01.AI |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 37.1 |
| Rank | 176 | 209 |
| Context | 262K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.25 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.75 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)
- Yi-Lightning: 27.4 (#320)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1448 | 1312 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 12.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)
- Yi-Lightning: 25.9 (#139)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | 1302 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |

## Math

- Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)
- Yi-Lightning: 36.2 (#172)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1414 | 1300 |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)
- Yi-Lightning: 35.4 (#185)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | 1286 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |

## Multimodal

- Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)
- Yi-Lightning: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1221 | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)
- Yi-Lightning: 42.2 (#196)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1413 | 1269 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1447 | 1320 |
| LMArena French | 1455 | 1305 |
| LMArena German | 1437 | 1267 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1394 | 1228 |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | 1192 |
| LMArena Russian | 1411 | 1255 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1440 | 1315 |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)
- Yi-Lightning: 67.4 (#196)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | 1278 |

## Long Context

- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)
- Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#181)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | 1297 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)
- Yi-Lightning: 50.2 (#184)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Yi-Lightning |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1302 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1386 | 1280 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | 1311 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Large 3 better than Yi-Lightning?

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mistral Large 3 or Yi-Lightning better for coding?

Mistral Large 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 27.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Yi-Lightning share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.