Mistral Large 3 on Arena Elo: score, rank and what it means
Mistral Large 3 scores 1448.6 on Arena Elo, placing it #76 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 1349.9 and the leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Max at 1501.9.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on Arena Elo, with Mistral Large 3 highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Opus 4.5 Max | Anthropic | 1000000 | $20.90 | 87.8 |
| 2 | GPT-5.2 Reasoning | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.98 | 87.5 |
| 3 | GPT-5.2 Turbo | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.73 | 87.4 |
| 4 | Claude Opus 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 2000000 | $20.91 | 88.2 |
| 5 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 6 | Gemini 3 Pro Turbo | Google DeepMind | 400000 | $19.62 | 86.4 |
| 7 | Grok 4 Max | xAI | 2000000 | $19.70 | 86.6 |
| 8 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.42 | 87.7 |
| 9 | GPT-5.1 Pro | OpenAI | 200000 | $19.77 | 87.8 |
| 10 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
What this score means
On Arena Elo, Mistral Large 3 sits at #76 of 600. The leader, Claude Opus 4.5 Max, scores 1501.9, so the gap to the top is 53.3 points. The median model in this index scores 1373.8, which puts Mistral Large 3 above the midpoint.
Mistral AI models average 1329.1 on this benchmark. Mistral Large 3 is 119.5 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Mistral AI model.
Among multimodal models, the average is 1409.6. Mistral Large 3 is 39.0 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 1448.6 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 $5.41 per million input tokens, Mistral Large 3 is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on Arena Elo. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.
| Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 2.5 Pro Max | Google DeepMind | 200000 | $16.94 | 84.8 |
| GPT-4.1 Pro | OpenAI | 400000 | $17.56 | 85.2 |
| Qwen3-Max | Alibaba Cloud | 400000 | $17.37 | 84.4 |
| o3 | OpenAI | 400000 | $16.80 | 84.5 |
| Mistral Large 3 | Mistral AI | 128000 | $5.41 | 81.7 |
| Gemini 3 Flash Max | Google DeepMind | 1000000 | $17.43 | 85.0 |
| Grok 3 Pro | xAI | 400000 | $16.61 | 83.8 |
Other benchmarks for Mistral Large 3
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 84.6 | 71 | 88th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 79.6 | 65 | 89th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 71.3 | 89 | 85th | |
| HumanEval | 88.6 | 62 | 90th | |
| MATH-500 | 84.1 | 123 | 80th | |
| AIME 2025 | 78.3 | 110 | 82th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 74.4 | 101 | 83th | |
| IFEval | 89.8 | 75 | 88th | |
| TruthfulQA | 83.7 | 89 | 85th | |
| HellaSwag | 88.2 | 135 | 78th | |
| MMMU | 76.2 | 134 | 78th |
FAQ
What score does Mistral Large 3 get on Arena Elo?
Mistral Large 3 scores 1448.6 on Arena Elo in this index. The benchmark average is 1349.9 and the top score is 1501.9.
How does Mistral Large 3 rank on Arena Elo?
It ranks #76 of 600 models, in the 87th percentile. The leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Max at 1501.9.
Is Mistral Large 3 good at Arena Elo?
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 Arena Elo score calculated?
Arena Elo is a preference 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 cost?
Mistral Large 3 costs $5.41 per million input tokens and $23.83 per million output tokens.