Mistral Large vs Mistral Large 3 2512
Updated October 21, 2026. 9 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Mistral Large has the edge where what matters is LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) or AA Intelligence Index, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 9
- Mistral Large only
- 35
- Mistral Large 3 2512 only
- 19
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 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.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Mistral Large 3 2512
Mistral Large 3 2512 leads, 9.3 against 5.8.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Mistral Large 3 2512 has a AA Agentic Index result, 1.0.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Mistral Large 3 2512
Mistral Large 3 2512 leads, 68.4% against 47.7%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
Mistral Large 3 2512
Mistral Large 3 2512 leads, 42.9% against 9.2%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Mistral Large 3 2512
Mistral Large 3 2512 leads, 79.8% against 69.7%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Mistral Large 3 2512 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1162.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Mistral Large 3 2512
Mistral Large 3 2512 takes 262K tokens against 128K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Mistral Large 3 2512
Mistral Large $0.0050, Mistral Large 3 2512 $0.0013 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Mistral Large 3 2512 has the number, $0.77.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Mistral Large not benchmarked, Mistral Large 3 2512 not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Reasoning, 20.7 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- AIME: Mistral Large 9.2% against Mistral Large 3 2512 42.9%, 33.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Mistral Large $6.00 against Mistral Large 3 2512 $1.50 per million output tokens, 4.0x apart.
- Context window
- Mistral Large takes 128K tokens, Mistral Large 3 2512 262K.
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 | Mistral Large | Bars | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 1 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 1 | ||
| Math | 1 | 1 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 3 | ||
| General | 0 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 1 | 8 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index01
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 20.1 | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 37.1% | 55.3% | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 41.4% | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 17.8% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 264.7 | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1275 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1274 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 5.8 | 9.3 | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.1 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 1.0 | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.7% | 68.4% | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.2% | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 35.1% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 3.5% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1257 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1208 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1268 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 9.2% | 42.9% | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 74.4% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 87.2% | 85.4% | Mistral Large |
| LMArena Text: math | 1261 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1257 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 69.7% | 79.8% | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 79.1% | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | Not measured | 61.4% | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 61.0% | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 63.8% | 73.1% | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 52.1% | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 76.2% | 82.2% | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 51.5% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| MMLU | 68.8% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1260 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1255 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1275 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1238 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1162 | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1102 | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1080 | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1136 | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1099 | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1142 | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 993 | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1069 | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 24.6% | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| DTBench | 60.8% | 65.1% | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| LMCA | Not measured | 16.7% | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1265 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1249 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1242 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1284 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1235 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1239 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1242 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1170 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1202 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1325 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1268 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1252 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1157 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1260 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1261 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1261 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1230 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Mistral Large 3 2512 | 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
Mistral Large 3 2512 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Mistral Large 3 2512 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Mistral Large 3 2512 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 | Mistral Large | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | February 26, 2024 | December 1, 2025 |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.50 |
| Output $/Mtok | $6.00 | $1.50 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.77 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Mistral Large better than Mistral Large 3 2512 for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Mistral Large has the edge where what matters is LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) or AA Intelligence Index, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Large or Mistral Large 3 2512?
Mistral Large costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 3 2512 costs $0.50 and $1.50. Cost per solved task is known for Mistral Large 3 2512 only.
Which has the bigger context window, Mistral Large or Mistral Large 3 2512?
Mistral Large 3 2512, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks is the Mistral Large vs Mistral Large 3 2512 comparison based on?
9 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Mistral Large's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Mistral Large 3 2512's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.