Model comparison

MiniMax M1 vs Mistral Large 3

MiniMax M1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 3 costs 2.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when MiniMax M1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 17 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax M1

MiniMax

39.7

Rank #146 Confirmed

Mistral Large 3

Mistral AI

38.6

Rank #172 Confirmed

Summary

They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax M1 scores higher in 3 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiniMax M1 leads 25.8 to 14.6.
Mistral Large 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.75 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.
MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

Side by side

MiniMax M1 and Mistral Large 3 specifications
	MiniMax M1	Mistral Large 3
Provider	MiniMax	Mistral AI
Noometry Index	39.7	38.6
Released	2025-06-13	2025-12-02
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	1M	262K
Max output	40K	8K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.40	$0.25
Output $ / M tokens	$2.20	$0.75
Results tracked	18	24

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax M1 leads

MiniMax M1: 39.2 (#149), Mistral Large 3: 34.1 (#230)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax M1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Coding	1359	1447
LMArena WebDev	—	1230

Reasoning MiniMax M1 leads

MiniMax M1: 25.8 (#125), Mistral Large 3: 14.6 (#314)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax M1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Hard Prompts	1340	1429
Kagi LLM Benchmark	—	50.9%
NYT Connections (extended)	—	7.5%
Thematic Generalization	—	23%

Math Mistral Large 3 leads

MiniMax M1: 34.8 (#152), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#131)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax M1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Math	1360	1415

Knowledge Too close to call

MiniMax M1: 35.7 (#168), Mistral Large 3: 35.5 (#173)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax M1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Expert	1316	1421
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	14.5%

Multimodal Not comparable

MiniMax M1: —, Mistral Large 3: 37.6 (#65)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax M1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Vision	—	1222

Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads

MiniMax M1: 46.0 (#157), Mistral Large 3: 52.6 (#79)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax M1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Non-English	1320	1412
LMArena Chinese	1361	1448
LMArena French	1369	1456
LMArena German	1350	1438
LMArena Japanese	1220	1399
LMArena Korean	1263	1384
LMArena Russian	1330	1412
LMArena Spanish	1354	1437

Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads

MiniMax M1: 69.5 (#169), Mistral Large 3: 74.1 (#104)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax M1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Instruction Following	1312	1402

Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads

MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#136), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#102)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax M1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Longer Query	1326	1413
Fiction.LiveBench	69.4%	—

Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads

MiniMax M1: 53.3 (#155), Mistral Large 3: 60.2 (#100)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax M1	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Text	1343	1427
LMArena Creative Writing	1298	1385
LMArena Multi-Turn	1335	1429
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	—	1412

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax M1 better than Mistral Large 3?

Which is cheaper, MiniMax M1 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; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.40 and $2.20.

Is MiniMax M1 or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

MiniMax M1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.2 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do MiniMax M1 and Mistral Large 3 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax M1 has 18 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.