# Macaw vs Mistral Large 3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Macaw and Mistral Large 3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/macaw-v1-vs-mistral-large-3
- Last updated: September 24, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Macaw and Mistral Large 3.

## Summary

- Macaw and Mistral Large 3 do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Macaw | Mistral Large 3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Bad Theory Labs | Mistral |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 34.13 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 0 | 0 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.50 / $1.50 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Macaw public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mistral Large 3 public-lane score: 16.3 (Estimated · #94/105)

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Macaw public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mistral Large 3 public-lane score: 18.6 (Supported · #125/135)

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Macaw public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mistral Large 3 public-lane score: 46.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Macaw public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mistral Large 3 public-lane score: 42.2 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Macaw public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mistral Large 3 public-lane score: 33.4 (Estimated · #113/158)

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Macaw public-lane score: Coming soon
- Mistral Large 3 public-lane score: 40 (#101/124)

## FAQ

### Can I compare Macaw and Mistral Large 3 on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

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## Explore More

- [Macaw profile](/models/macaw-v1)
- [Mistral Large 3 profile](/models/mistral-large-3)
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- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)