Model comparison
Mistral Large 3 vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 32.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads 21.7 to 14.6.
- Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 38.6 | 32.8 |
| Released | 2025-12-02 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.25 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.75 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Mistral Large 3: 34.1 (#230), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.2 (#130)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |
| SciCode | — | 42.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: —, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#127)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | — | 2% |
Reasoning Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Mistral Large 3: 14.6 (#314), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.7 (#189)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | — |
Math Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#131), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1415 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 35.5 (#173), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 37.6 (#65), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1222 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 52.6 (#79), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1412 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1448 | — |
| LMArena French | 1456 | — |
| LMArena German | 1438 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1399 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1412 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1437 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 74.1 (#104), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1402 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#102), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 60.2 (#100), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1385 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Large 3 better than Nova 2.0 Pro Preview?
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 32.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Large 3 or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better for coding?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.2 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3.