Model comparison
Mistral Large 3 vs Palm 2
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
GoogleSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 6 categories and Palm 2 in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.0 to 25.6.
- Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Large 3 | Palm 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 30.0 |
| Released | 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 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1448 | 994 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |
Reasoning Palm 2 leads
Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | 1005 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |
Math Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1414 | 1049 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1221 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1413 | 916 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1447 | 887 |
| LMArena French | 1455 | — |
| LMArena German | 1437 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1394 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1411 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1440 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | 1010 |
Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | 1010 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1027 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1386 | 991 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | 994 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Large 3 better than Palm 2?
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Large 3 or Palm 2 better for coding?
Mistral Large 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Palm 2 share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.