Llama 4 Scout vs Mistral Large
Llama 4 Scout leads Mistral Large on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 6.5 to 5.8, and Llama 4 Scout costs 12.0x less per output token ($0.50 vs $6.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 43 benchmarks have a result for both.
Llama 4 Scout or Mistral Large: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Llama 4 Scout for output tokens 12.0x cheaper ($0.50 vs $6.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.31M against 128K tokens).
- Shared results
- 43
- Llama 4 Scout only
- 39
- Mistral Large only
- 1
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Llama 4 Scout
Llama 4 Scout leads, 6.5 against 5.8.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Llama 4 Scout has a AA Agentic Index result, 0.5.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Mistral Large
Mistral Large leads, 47.7% against 47.0%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
Llama 4 Scout
Llama 4 Scout leads, 19.0% against 9.2%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Mistral Large
Mistral Large leads, 69.7% against 69.6%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Llama 4 Scout has a Design Arena: websites result, 750.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Llama 4 Scout
Llama 4 Scout takes 1.31M tokens against 128K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Llama 4 Scout
Llama 4 Scout $0.0004, Mistral Large $0.0050 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Llama 4 Scout has the number, $1.276.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Llama 4 Scout not benchmarked, Mistral Large not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Knowledge, 8.6 points apart on average over 8 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- MedQA (Vals AI): Llama 4 Scout 50.9% against Mistral Large 76.2%, 25.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Llama 4 Scout $0.50 against Mistral Large $6.00 per million output tokens, 12.0x apart.
- Context window
- Llama 4 Scout takes 1.31M tokens, Mistral Large 128K.
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.
| Category | Llama 4 Scout | Bars | Mistral Large | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 4 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 5 | 1 | ||
| Math | 5 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 5 | 3 | ||
| General | 15 | 3 | ||
| All shared boards | 36 | 7 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index40
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 9.1% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| AA Coding Index | 8.2 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 38.5% | 37.1% | Llama 4 Scout |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 29.9% | 17.8% | Llama 4 Scout |
| SciCode | 21.3% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 1.5% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1286 | 1275 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1286 | 1274 | Llama 4 Scout |
| Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 6.5 | 5.8 | Llama 4 Scout |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.6 | 122.1 | Llama 4 Scout |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 0.5 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 15.5% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) | 28.1% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index51
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.0% | 47.7% | Mistral Large |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 58.8% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 58.7% | 35.1% | Llama 4 Scout |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 3.8% | 3.5% | Llama 4 Scout |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 51.8% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| ARC-AGI | 0.5% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1266 | 1257 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1235 | 1208 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1293 | 1268 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1125 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1148 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 36.9% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 19.0% | 9.2% | Llama 4 Scout |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 79.2% | 74.4% | Llama 4 Scout |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 88.0% | 87.2% | Llama 4 Scout |
| AA Math Index | 14.0 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 14.0% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 7.8% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| MATH level 5 | 62.3% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1287 | 1261 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1286 | 1257 | Llama 4 Scout |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index53
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 69.6% | 69.7% | Mistral Large |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 72.0% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 46.8% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 55.2% | 63.8% | Mistral Large |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 57.8% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 50.9% | 76.2% | Mistral Large |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 23.3% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 75.2% | 51.5% | Llama 4 Scout |
| MMLU | Not measured | 68.8% | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1278 | 1260 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1275 | 1255 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1285 | 1275 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1257 | 1238 | Llama 4 Scout |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 750 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 768 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 773 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 896 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 790 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index153
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 34.8% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 50.6% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| IFBench | 39.5% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 27.7% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| DTBench | 57.9% | 60.8% | Mistral Large |
| LMCA | 12.0% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 36.0% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Text | 1279 | 1265 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1248 | 1249 | Mistral Large |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1249 | 1242 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Vision | 1118 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1304 | 1284 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1252 | 1235 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1255 | 1239 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Text: German | 1273 | 1242 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1206 | 1170 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1207 | 1202 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Text: French | 1283 | 1325 | Mistral Large |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1278 | 1268 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1263 | 1252 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1265 | 1157 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1280 | 1260 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1265 | 1261 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1269 | 1261 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1242 | 1230 | Llama 4 Scout |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1143 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1106 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1117 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1102 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1126 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Scout measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Scout | Mistral Large | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Scout costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Llama 4 Scout costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Llama 4 Scout 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.
| Specification | Meta Llama 4 Scout | Mistral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Meta Llama | Mistral AI |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | April 5, 2025 | February 26, 2024 |
| Context window | 1.31M | 128K |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.175 | $2.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.50 | $6.00 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | $1.276 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Llama 4 Scout better than Mistral Large for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Llama 4 Scout for output tokens 12.0x cheaper ($0.50 vs $6.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.31M against 128K tokens).
Which is cheaper, Llama 4 Scout or Mistral Large?
Llama 4 Scout costs $0.175 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens; Mistral Large costs $2.00 and $6.00. Cost per solved task is known for Llama 4 Scout only.
Which has the bigger context window, Llama 4 Scout or Mistral Large?
Llama 4 Scout, with 1.31M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks is the Llama 4 Scout vs Mistral Large comparison based on?
43 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Llama 4 Scout's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Mistral Large's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.