Model comparison
Command R+ vs Mistral Large 3
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Large 3 in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.0 to 43.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Vectara Hallucination Rate: 6.9% for Command R+ and 14.5% for Mistral Large 3.
- Mistral Large 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.75 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
- Mistral Large 3 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Command R+ | Mistral Large 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Max output | 4K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $0.75 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Large 3 leads
Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1448 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |
Reasoning Mistral Large 3 leads
Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1429 |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| DTBench | 54.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| LMCA | 5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.34 | — |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |
Math Mistral Large 3 leads
Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1414 |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | 14.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1421 |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command R+: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1221 |
Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads
Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1413 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1447 |
| LMArena French | 1209 | 1455 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1437 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | 1384 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1440 |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads
Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1403 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads
Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | 1413 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads
Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1386 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R+ better than Mistral Large 3?
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command R+ or Mistral Large 3?
Mistral Large 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command R+ or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?
Mistral Large 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Mistral Large 3 does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Mistral Large 3 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.