# Pixtral Large vs StarCoder 2 3B

> Pixtral Large has enough public results to be ranked (#257); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/pixtral-large-vs-starcoder-2-3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Snapshot

| | Pixtral Large | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 31.7 | 35.8 |
| Rank | 257 | — |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $2 | — |
| Output $/M | $6 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Pixtral Large: —
- StarCoder 2 3B: 32.9

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 21.4% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 27.4% |

## Reasoning

- Pixtral Large: 20.9 (#208)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | 0.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 88.01 |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |

## Math

- Pixtral Large: —
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | — | 21.6% |

## Knowledge

- Pixtral Large: —
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 34.2% |
| MMLU | — | 36.6% |

## Multimodal

- Pixtral Large: 30.0 (#105)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1089 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#273)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 988 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Pixtral Large better than StarCoder 2 3B?

Pixtral Large has enough public results to be ranked (#257); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Pixtral Large and StarCoder 2 3B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Pixtral Large has 3 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.