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Mistral Large 3 Base on TruthfulQA: score, rank and what it means

Mistral Large 3 Base scores 81.0 on TruthfulQA, placing it #157 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.

Score
81.0
0–100 scale
Rank
#157
of 600
Percentile
74th
within the index
Benchmark avg
73.6
all models
Leader
91.1
GPT-5.1 Max
Gap to leader
10.1
points

Score distribution

The chart shows the top 10 models on TruthfulQA, with Mistral Large 3 Base highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.

GPT-5.1 Max 91.1
Gemini 3 Pro Reasoning 90.3
GPT-5.1 Reasoning 90.0
GPT-5.2 Pro 90.0
GPT-5.2 89.7
Gemini 3 Pro Max 89.6
Grok 4 Reasoning 89.4
Qwen3-Max Max 89.3
GPT-5.1 89.2
GPT-5.1 Turbo 89.2

Top 10 leaderboard

#ModelProviderContextInput / 1MAvg score
1 GPT-5.1 Max OpenAI 2000000 $20.50 87.9
2 Gemini 3 Pro Reasoning Google DeepMind 200000 $19.69 87.5
3 GPT-5.1 Reasoning OpenAI 400000 $20.27 88.3
4 GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI 2000000 $21.32 89.6
5 GPT-5.2 OpenAI 2000000 $19.71 88.0
6 Gemini 3 Pro Max Google DeepMind 2000000 $20.57 87.9
7 Grok 4 Reasoning xAI 2000000 $19.67 87.8
8 Qwen3-Max Max Alibaba Cloud 400000 $18.53 85.9
9 GPT-5.1 OpenAI 2000000 $19.01 86.0
10 GPT-5.1 Turbo OpenAI 2000000 $19.19 86.1

What this score means

On TruthfulQA, Mistral Large 3 Base sits at #157 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.1 Max, scores 91.1, so the gap to the top is 10.1 points. The median model in this index scores 76.3, which puts Mistral Large 3 Base above the midpoint.

Mistral AI models average 71.0 on this benchmark. Mistral Large 3 Base is 10.0 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Mistral AI model.

Among multimodal models, the average is 80.1. Mistral Large 3 Base is 0.9 points above that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.

Read a 81.0 as a relative signal, not an absolute guarantee. Benchmark scores depend on prompt format, evaluation harness and contamination controls. Use this page to narrow the shortlist, then test the model on your own data.

Price context

At $4.47 per million input tokens, Mistral Large 3 Base is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on TruthfulQA. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.

ModelProviderContextInput / 1MAvg score
Claude Opus 4.5 Mini Anthropic 65536 $12.72 79.0
Claude Sonnet 4.5 Mini Anthropic 32768 $11.43 76.5
Claude Haiku 4.5 Turbo Anthropic 200000 $14.37 80.0
Llama 3.1 Turbo Instruct Together AI 32768 $4.21 76.7
Mistral Large 3 Base Mistral AI 65536 $4.47 78.2
Qwen3-Coder Instruct Alibaba Cloud 128000 $4.66 78.1
Doubao 1.5 Pro Turbo ByteDance 128000 $13.81 79.4

Other benchmarks for Mistral Large 3 Base

BenchmarkScoreRankPercentileRelative
MMLU-Pro 78.9 214 64th
GPQA Diamond 75.5 132 78th
SWE-bench Verified 64.3 227 62th
HumanEval 85.0 118 80th
MATH-500 84.5 116 81th
AIME 2025 70.8 241 60th
LiveCodeBench 72.3 143 76th
IFEval 83.3 237 61th
HellaSwag 88.3 131 78th
MMMU 75.8 142 76th
Arena Elo 1420.3 148 75th

FAQ

What score does Mistral Large 3 Base get on TruthfulQA?

Mistral Large 3 Base scores 81.0 on TruthfulQA in this index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the top score is 91.1.

How does Mistral Large 3 Base rank on TruthfulQA?

It ranks #157 of 600 models, in the 74th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.

Is Mistral Large 3 Base good at TruthfulQA?

Yes, relative to the index: it is above the median and inside the top half of scores. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.

How is the TruthfulQA score calculated?

TruthfulQA is a safety benchmark. Scores in this index are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale (or Elo for Arena), derived from capability tier and benchmark difficulty. They are not official leaderboard results.

What does Mistral Large 3 Base cost?

Mistral Large 3 Base costs $4.47 per million input tokens and $23.57 per million output tokens.

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