Mistral Small 3 8B on AIME 2025: score, rank and what it means
Mistral Small 3 8B scores 47.5 on AIME 2025, placing it #473 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 63.6 and the leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Pro at 91.4.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on AIME 2025, with Mistral Small 3 8B highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 2 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 3 | GPT-5.1 Pro | OpenAI | 200000 | $19.77 | 87.8 |
| 4 | GPT-5.2 | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.71 | 88.0 |
| 5 | o4 Reasoning | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.69 | 87.5 |
| 6 | o4 Pro | OpenAI | 1000000 | $19.37 | 87.3 |
| 7 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.42 | 87.7 |
| 8 | Gemini 3 Pro Max | Google DeepMind | 2000000 | $20.57 | 87.9 |
| 9 | Claude Opus 4.5 Max | Anthropic | 1000000 | $20.90 | 87.8 |
| 10 | Claude Opus 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 2000000 | $20.91 | 88.2 |
What this score means
On AIME 2025, Mistral Small 3 8B sits at #473 of 600. The leader, Claude Opus 4.5 Pro, scores 91.4, so the gap to the top is 43.9 points. The median model in this index scores 67.6, which puts Mistral Small 3 8B below the midpoint.
Mistral AI models average 59.6 on this benchmark. Mistral Small 3 8B is 12.1 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average Mistral AI model.
Among small open-weight models, the average is 41.6. Mistral Small 3 8B is 5.9 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 47.5 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 $0.99 per million input tokens, Mistral Small 3 8B is below the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on AIME 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nova Lite Nano | Amazon | 8192 | $3.29 | 59.5 |
| Kimi K1.5 7B | Moonshot AI | 8192 | $1.35 | 59.9 |
| Gemma 3 7B | Google DeepMind | 32768 | $0.90 | 55.9 |
| Mistral Large 3 1.5B | Mistral AI | 32768 | $0.82 | 55.4 |
| Mistral Small 3 8B | Mistral AI | 8192 | $0.99 | 57.2 |
| Mistral Small 3 7B | Mistral AI | 4096 | $0.89 | 55.2 |
| Llama 3.1 Cerebras 8B | Cerebras | 32768 | $1.02 | 58.2 |
Other benchmarks for Mistral Small 3 8B
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 62.6 | 494 | 18th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 51.8 | 501 | 17th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 40.7 | 514 | 14th | |
| HumanEval | 61.3 | 478 | 20th | |
| MATH-500 | 55.5 | 516 | 14th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 45.8 | 489 | 19th | |
| IFEval | 68.9 | 477 | 21th | |
| TruthfulQA | 62.9 | 494 | 18th | |
| HellaSwag | 73.5 | 468 | 22th | |
| MMMU | 58.3 | 453 | 25th | |
| Arena Elo | 1253.4 | 485 | 19th |
FAQ
What score does Mistral Small 3 8B get on AIME 2025?
Mistral Small 3 8B scores 47.5 on AIME 2025 in this index. The benchmark average is 63.6 and the top score is 91.4.
How does Mistral Small 3 8B rank on AIME 2025?
It ranks #473 of 600 models, in the 21st percentile. The leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Pro at 91.4.
Is Mistral Small 3 8B good at AIME 2025?
It is below the median for this benchmark, so test it carefully before relying on it for this capability. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.
How is the AIME 2025 score calculated?
AIME 2025 is a mathematics 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 Small 3 8B cost?
Mistral Small 3 8B costs $0.99 per million input tokens and $5.38 per million output tokens.