All Mistral AI models ranked by benchmark performance — Mistral Large, Mixtral, and more.
Unless noted otherwise, ranking surfaces on this page use BenchLM's provisional leaderboard lane rather than the stricter sourced-only verified leaderboard.
Bottom line: Mistral Large 3 is the only competitive model in the lineup — strongest on multimodal (67) but trailing the frontier. Mistral is Europe's leading AI lab.
According to BenchLM.ai, Mistral Large 3 leads this ranking with a score of 52, followed by Mistral Large 2 (40) and Mistral 8x7B (25). There is a significant gap between the leading models and the rest of the field.
The best open-weight option is Mistral 8x7B (ranked #3 with a score of 25). Open-weight models are highly competitive in this category — self-hosting is a viable alternative to proprietary APIs.
This ranking is based on provisional overall weighted scores across BenchLM.ai's scoring formula tracked by BenchLM.ai. For detailed model profiles, click any model name below. To compare two specific models head-to-head, use the "vs #" links.
Mistral Large 3
Mistral · 128K
Best Mistral model. Leads on multimodal, math, and instruction following.
Mistral Large 2
Mistral · 128K
Previous generation. Multilingual (61) is its strongest category.
Mistral 8x7B
Mistral · 32K
Mistral Large 3 leads Mistral's lineup — strongest on multimodal (67) and math (65).
Mistral Large 2 previous generation, now significantly behind Large 3.
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The top model is Mistral Large 3 by Mistral with a provisional score of 52.
The best open-weight model is Mistral 8x7B at position #3.
6 models are included in this ranking.
Models are ranked by the same overall BenchLM score used across all leaderboards. Comparing within Mistral's lineup helps identify which model fits your use case and budget.
This page only shows Mistral models. Cross-provider comparison requires the overall or category-specific leaderboards. Newer models may have limited benchmark coverage initially.
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