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Llama 4 Maverick vs Mistral Medium 3

Updated October 21, 2026. 55 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.

Replace Llama 4 Maverick Replace Mistral Medium 3
Llama 4 MaverickMeta Llama
Coding
No data
Overall
9.3
Output $/M
$1.00
7
Mistral Medium 3Mistral AI
Coding
No data
Overall
9.0
Output $/M
$2.00
48
vs boards won of 55 shared

Decision reading

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Llama 4 Maverick has the edge where output tokens cost 2.0x less, and where the context window is larger, 524K against 131K tokens.

Model ALlama 4 MaverickMeta LlamaNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmark$1.491 per solved taskModel BMistral Medium 3Mistral AINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
55
Llama 4 Maverick only
29
Mistral Medium 3 only
2
Like-for-like categories
8 of 9

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Llama 4 Maverick not benchmarked, Mistral Medium 3 not benchmarked.
Widest category
Web design, 21.6 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Design Arena: websites: Llama 4 Maverick 871 against Mistral Medium 3 1079, 26.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Llama 4 Maverick $1.00 against Mistral Medium 3 $2.00 per million output tokens, 2.0x apart.
Context window
Llama 4 Maverick takes 524K tokens, Mistral Medium 3 131K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryLlama 4 MaverickBarsMistral Medium 3Ties
Coding13
Intelligence11
Agentic work01
Reasoning25
Math04
Knowledge14
Web design06
General224
All shared boards748
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index13
Coding benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and Mistral Medium 3
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickMistral Medium 3Leader
Aider polyglot15.6%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
SWE-bench Verified21.0%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
AA Coding Index16.3Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)47.3%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)39.7%40.0%Mistral Medium 3
SciCode31.7%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)6.8%3.8%Llama 4 Maverick
WeirdML24.5%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
ALE-Bench173.0Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: coding13011385Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: software and IT12991385Mistral Medium 3
Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
Intelligence benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and Mistral Medium 3
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickMistral Medium 3Leader
AA Intelligence Index9.39.0Llama 4 Maverick
Epoch Capabilities Index132.2134.0Mistral Medium 3
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Agentic work benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and Mistral Medium 3
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickMistral Medium 3Leader
AA Agentic Index0.6Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
τ²-Bench Telecom17.8%24.3%Mistral Medium 3
Neither model has a result on the other 37 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index25
Reasoning benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and Mistral Medium 3
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickMistral Medium 3Leader
GPQA Diamond69.4%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)71.7%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)67.1%57.8%Llama 4 Maverick
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)4.9%4.1%Llama 4 Maverick
ARC-AGI4.4%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
ARC-AGI-20.0%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
SimpleBench27.7%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts12811364Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: expert12591342Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English12951374Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Vision: diagrams11341155Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Vision: homework11641165Mistral Medium 3
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Math benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and Mistral Medium 3
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickMistral Medium 3Leader
AIME25.2%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)85.2%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
MGSM (Vals AI)92.4%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
AA Math Index19.330.3Mistral Medium 3
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)19.3%30.3%Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: math12991353Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: mathematical work12951354Mistral Medium 3
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index14
Knowledge benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and Mistral Medium 3
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickMistral Medium 3Leader
MMLU Pro79.4%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)77.8%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)49.7%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)66.6%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)58.5%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
MedQA (Vals AI)43.3%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
MedCode (Vals AI)36.5%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)80.9%76.0%Llama 4 Maverick
GeoBench52.0%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: science12881381Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare12751381Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: legal and government12861384Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: business and finance12601352Mistral Medium 3
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
Web design benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and Mistral Medium 3
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickMistral Medium 3Leader
Design Arena: websites8711079Mistral Medium 3
Design Arena: UI components8991024Mistral Medium 3
Design Arena: game dev8381018Mistral Medium 3
Design Arena: data viz8821034Mistral Medium 3
Design Arena: 3D9011083Mistral Medium 3
Design Arena: all code categories8801069Mistral Medium 3
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index224
General benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and Mistral Medium 3
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickMistral Medium 3Leader
SAGE (Vals AI)35.7%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)54.2%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
IFBench43.0%39.3%Llama 4 Maverick
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)50.0%31.3%Llama 4 Maverick
DTBench61.9%62.3%Mistral Medium 3
LMCA15.9%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
Fiction.LiveBench46.2%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)62.0%Not measuredOnly Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text12871370Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: instruction following12671338Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: creative writing12661343Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Vision11421157Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: English13031385Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: non-English12691353Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: Chinese12771374Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: German12911377Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: Japanese12061316Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: Korean12031304Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: French12591368Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: Spanish12931364Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: Russian12861359Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: Polish12751371Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: multi-turn12891384Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: longer queries12801360Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: writing and language12771352Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Text: entertainment and media12501335Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Vision: English11501172Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Vision: Chinese11411161Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Vision: reading text11431154Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Vision: humor11001145Mistral Medium 3
LMArena Vision: captioningNot measured1094Only Mistral Medium 3 measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing thingsNot measured1141Only Mistral Medium 3 measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing10991146Mistral Medium 3
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Llama 4 Maverick and Mistral Medium 3
BenchmarkLlama 4 MaverickMistral Medium 3Leader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Llama 4 Maverick$0.0008Fits in one request
Mistral Medium 3$0.0014Fits in one request

Llama 4 Maverick costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Llama 4 Maverick$0.021Fits in one request
Mistral Medium 3$0.026Fits in one request

Llama 4 Maverick costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Llama 4 Maverick$0.080Fits in one request
Mistral Medium 3$0.100Exceeds the context window

Llama 4 Maverick costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Llama 4 Maverick and Mistral Medium 3
SpecificationMeta Llama 4 MaverickMistral Medium 3
MakerMeta LlamaMistral AI
WeightsOpen weightsNo public weights listed
ReleasedApril 5, 2025May 7, 2025
Context window524K131K
Input $/Mtok$0.35$0.40
Output $/Mtok$1.00$2.00
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved task$1.491Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Llama 4 Maverick better than Mistral Medium 3 for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Llama 4 Maverick has the edge where output tokens cost 2.0x less, and where the context window is larger, 524K against 131K tokens.

Which is cheaper, Llama 4 Maverick or Mistral Medium 3?

Llama 4 Maverick costs $0.35 per million input tokens and $1.00 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3 costs $0.40 and $2.00. Cost per solved task is known for Llama 4 Maverick only.

Which has the bigger context window, Llama 4 Maverick or Mistral Medium 3?

Llama 4 Maverick, with 524K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks is the Llama 4 Maverick vs Mistral Medium 3 comparison based on?

55 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Llama 4 Maverick's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Mistral Medium 3's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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