Model comparison

MiniMax-M2.5 vs Mistral Large 3

MiniMax-M2.5 and Mistral Large 3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.1 vs 38.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 22 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M2.5

MiniMax

38.1

Rank #181 Confirmed

Mistral Large 3

Mistral AI

38.6

Rank #172 Confirmed

Summary

They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher in 3 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in coding, where MiniMax-M2.5 leads 47.9 to 34.1.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 16.8% for MiniMax-M2.5 and 7.5% for Mistral Large 3.
Mistral Large 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.75 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for MiniMax-M2.5.
Mistral Large 3 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

MiniMax-M2.5 and Mistral Large 3 specifications
	MiniMax-M2.5	Mistral Large 3
Provider	MiniMax	Mistral AI
Noometry Index	38.1	38.6
Released	2026-02-12	2025-12-02
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	205K	262K
Max output	131K	8K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.30	$0.25
Output $ / M tokens	$1.20	$0.75
Results tracked	33	24

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2.5 leads

MiniMax-M2.5: 47.9 (#53), Mistral Large 3: 34.1 (#230)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.5	Mistral Large 3
LMArena WebDev	1386	1230
LMArena Coding	1380	1447
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)	75.8%	—
SWE-bench Multilingual	68.3%	—
ALE-Bench	618.17	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.5: 30.2 (#70), Mistral Large 3: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.5	Mistral Large 3
Terminal-Bench	42.7%	—
Vending-Bench 2	-23.16	—

Reasoning MiniMax-M2.5 leads

MiniMax-M2.5: 17.6 (#281), Mistral Large 3: 14.6 (#314)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.5	Mistral Large 3
Kagi LLM Benchmark	55.2%	50.9%
NYT Connections (extended)	16.8%	7.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1372	1429
ARC-AGI-2	4.9%	—
ARC-AGI-1	63.7%	—
Thematic Generalization	—	23%
Epoch Capabilities Index	146.68	—

Math Mistral Large 3 leads

MiniMax-M2.5: 25.8 (#242), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#131)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.5	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Math	1378	1415
ProofBench	4%	—

Knowledge MiniMax-M2.5 leads

MiniMax-M2.5: 38.6 (#132), Mistral Large 3: 35.5 (#173)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.5	Mistral Large 3
Vectara Hallucination Rate	9.1%	14.5%
LMArena Expert	1378	1421

Multimodal Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.5: —, Mistral Large 3: 37.6 (#65)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.5	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Vision	—	1222

Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads

MiniMax-M2.5: 47.3 (#147), Mistral Large 3: 52.6 (#79)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.5	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Non-English	1338	1412
LMArena Chinese	1392	1448
LMArena French	1363	1456
LMArena German	1361	1438
LMArena Japanese	1169	1399
LMArena Korean	1232	1384
LMArena Russian	1359	1412
LMArena Spanish	1354	1437

Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads

MiniMax-M2.5: 71.7 (#143), Mistral Large 3: 74.1 (#104)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.5	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Instruction Following	1353	1402

Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads

MiniMax-M2.5: 37.4 (#211), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#102)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.5	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Longer Query	1367	1413
CL-bench	11.4%	—
CL-bench Life	6.3%	—

Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads

MiniMax-M2.5: 54.1 (#149), Mistral Large 3: 60.2 (#100)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	MiniMax-M2.5	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Text	1359	1427
LMArena Creative Writing	1331	1385
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1361	1412
LMArena Multi-Turn	1364	1429

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax-M2.5 better than Mistral Large 3?

MiniMax-M2.5 and Mistral Large 3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.1 vs 38.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2.5 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-M2.5 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.

Is MiniMax-M2.5 or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 47.9 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 3 does, with 262K tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.5 and Mistral Large 3 share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.5 has 33 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.