Model comparison
Mistral Large 4 vs Mistral Medium
Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 36.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 4 scores higher in 7 categories and Mistral Medium in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Mistral Large 4 leads 48.6 to 34.2.
- Mistral Large 4 is cheaper at $0.68 / $2.09 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Mistral Medium.
- Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
- Mistral Medium has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Large 4 | Mistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 36.3 |
| Released | 2026-10-06 | 2023-12-11 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 262K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.68 | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.09 | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 15 | 36 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Large 4 leads
Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57), Mistral Medium: 34.2 (#243)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1475 | 1434 |
| FrontierCode | — | 8% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1541 | — |
| SciCode | — | 40.2% |
| WeirdML | — | 43.7% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 763.98 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Large 4: —, Mistral Medium: 28.3 (#90)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 37.7% |
Reasoning Mistral Medium leads
Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192), Mistral Medium: 24.0 (#167)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1444 | 1426 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 27.4% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| DTBench | — | 75.5% |
| LMCA | — | 26.1% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 26.9% |
Math Mistral Large 4 leads
Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91), Mistral Medium: 28.1 (#245)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1488 | 1408 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 32.2% |
| ProofBench | — | 9% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 81.6% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0.3% |
Knowledge Mistral Large 4 leads
Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166), Mistral Medium: 25.0 (#265)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | 1408 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 59.5% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 4.5% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 20% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 22.7% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Large 4: —, Mistral Medium: 35.3 (#88)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1172 |
Multilingual Too close to call
Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82), Mistral Medium: 52.1 (#91)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1415 | 1408 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1491 | 1447 |
| LMArena Russian | 1414 | 1411 |
| LMArena French | — | 1459 |
| LMArena German | — | 1432 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1378 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1380 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1433 |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 4 leads
Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76), Mistral Medium: 73.7 (#116)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1424 | 1398 |
Long Context Too close to call
Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89), Mistral Medium: 42.9 (#114)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1429 | 1406 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97), Mistral Medium: 60.0 (#103)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | 1424 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1361 | 1391 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1424 | 1418 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 77.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Large 4 better than Mistral Medium?
Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 36.3 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 4 or Mistral Medium?
Mistral Large 4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.68 per million input tokens and $2.09 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium lists at $1.50 and $7.50.
Is Mistral Large 4 or Mistral Medium better for coding?
Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 34.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 4 and Mistral Medium share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 4 has 15 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium has 36.