# Mistral vs Pixtral Large

> Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-vs-pixtral-large
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral leads 37.0 to 32.9.
- Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 32.2 |
| Rank | 303 | 259 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $2 |
| Output $/M | — | $6 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral: 33.8 (#250)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Mistral | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | — |

## Reasoning

- Mistral: 22.2 (#200)
- Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | — |

## Math

- Mistral: 22.3 (#278)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Mistral | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1180 | — |

## Knowledge

- Mistral: 16.6 (#288)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Mistral | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | — |

## Multimodal

- Mistral: —
- Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1089 |

## Multilingual

- Mistral: 32.8 (#254)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Mistral | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | — |
| LMArena French | 1180 | — |
| LMArena German | 1155 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1013 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral: 52.6 (#288)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Mistral | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | — |

## Long Context

- Mistral: 35.0 (#245)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Mistral | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1153 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral: 37.0 (#260)
- Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 988 |
| WildBench | 66% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral better than Pixtral Large?

Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral and Pixtral Large share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.