Llama 3.1 405B vs Mistral 7B v0.3

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

Quick Verdict

Llama 3.1 405B wins overall with a score of 58 vs 21 (37 point difference).Llama 3.1 405B wins 4 out of 4 categories.

Knowledge

Llama 3.1 405B

Llama 3.1 405B

68.5

Mistral 7B v0.3

27.8

70
MMLU
30
70
GPQA
29
68
SuperGPQA
27
66
OpenBookQA
25

Coding

Llama 3.1 405B

Llama 3.1 405B

62

Mistral 7B v0.3

22

62
HumanEval
22

Mathematics

Llama 3.1 405B

Llama 3.1 405B

69

Mistral 7B v0.3

29

70
AIME 2023
30
72
AIME 2024
32
71
AIME 2025
31
66
HMMT Feb 2023
26
68
HMMT Feb 2024
28
67
HMMT Feb 2025
27
69
BRUMO 2025
29

Reasoning

Llama 3.1 405B

Llama 3.1 405B

67

Mistral 7B v0.3

27

68
SimpleQA
28
66
MuSR
26

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Llama 3.1 405B or Mistral 7B v0.3?

Llama 3.1 405B scores higher overall with 58 vs 21, a difference of 37 points across all benchmarks.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Llama 3.1 405B or Mistral 7B v0.3?

Llama 3.1 405B leads in knowledge tasks with an average score of 68.5 vs 27.8.

Which is better for coding, Llama 3.1 405B or Mistral 7B v0.3?

Llama 3.1 405B leads in coding with an average score of 62 vs 22.

Which is better for math, Llama 3.1 405B or Mistral 7B v0.3?

Llama 3.1 405B leads in math with an average score of 69 vs 29.

Which is better for reasoning, Llama 3.1 405B or Mistral 7B v0.3?

Llama 3.1 405B leads in reasoning with an average score of 67 vs 27.