Grok 3 Mini vs Mistral Large 3

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

Mistral Large 3 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 38 to 23. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Mistral Large 3's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 71.9 against 21.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SimpleQA, 21.7% to 73%. Grok 3 Mini does hit back in knowledge, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Mistral Large 3 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.00 input / $6.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.30 input / $0.50 output per 1M tokens for Grok 3 Mini. That is roughly 12.0x on output cost alone.

Quick Verdict

Pick Mistral Large 3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 3 Mini only becomes the better choice if knowledge is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

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Coding

Mistral Large 3

Grok 3 Mini

41.5

Mistral Large 3

68

41.5%
LiveCodeBench
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HumanEval
68%

Multimodal & Grounded

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Reasoning

Mistral Large 3

Grok 3 Mini

21.7

Mistral Large 3

71.9

21.7%
SimpleQA
73%
Coming soon
MuSR
71%

Knowledge

Grok 3 Mini

Grok 3 Mini

74.1

Mistral Large 3

74

66.2%
GPQA
75%
78.9%
MMLU-Pro
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MMLU
76%
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SuperGPQA
73%
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OpenBookQA
71%

Instruction Following

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Multilingual

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Mathematics

Mistral Large 3

Grok 3 Mini

39.7

Mistral Large 3

75

39.7%
AIME 2024
78%
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AIME 2023
76%
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AIME 2025
77%
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HMMT Feb 2023
72%
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HMMT Feb 2024
74%
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HMMT Feb 2025
73%
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BRUMO 2025
75%

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Grok 3 Mini or Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is ahead overall, 38 to 23. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SimpleQA, where the scores are 21.7% and 73%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Grok 3 Mini or Mistral Large 3?

Grok 3 Mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.1 versus 74. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Grok 3 Mini or Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 68 versus 41.5. Grok 3 Mini stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for math, Grok 3 Mini or Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 75 versus 39.7. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Grok 3 Mini or Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 71.9 versus 21.7. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 17, 2026

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