Model Comparison

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle) vs Mistral Small 3 24B InstructWhich is better in 2026?

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Verdict: Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle) vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct — which is better?

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle) (by Mistral AI) and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct (by Mistral AI) are two of the AI models people compare most. Here is how they stack up on benchmarks, price and capabilities, and which one to pick in 2026.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle) outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA). Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Choose Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle) if…

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Dec 2025

Choose Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct if…

  • you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 1 of 1 shared benchmarks
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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle) outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (GPQA).

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Sat Jun 13 2026 • llm-stats.com

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

651.0B diff

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle) has 651.0B more parameters than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct, making it 2712.5% larger.

Mistral AI
Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle)
675.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
24.0Bparameters
675.0B
Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle)
24.0B
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct specifies input context (32,000 tokens). Only Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct specifies output context (32,000 tokens).

Mistral AI
Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Input32,000 tokens
Output32,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle) supports multimodal inputs, whereas Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct does not.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle) can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under Apache 2.0.

Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle)

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle) was released on 2025-12-04, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct was released on 2025-01-30.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle) is 10 months newer than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle)

Dec 4, 2025

6 months ago

10mo newer
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Jan 30, 2025

1.4 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-10-01, while Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle)'s cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle)'s cutoff date.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle)

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Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Oct 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Mistral AI
Supports multimodal inputs
Mistral AI
Larger context window (32,000 tokens)
Higher GPQA score (45.3% vs 43.9%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
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Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle)
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Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle) vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct.

Which is better, Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle) or Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct?

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle) is made by Mistral AI and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.

How does Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle) compare to Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct in benchmarks?

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle) scores MMMLU: 85.5%, AMC_2022_23: 52.0%, GPQA: 43.9%, LiveCodeBench: 34.4%, SimpleQA: 23.8%. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct scores Arena Hard: 87.6%, HumanEval: 84.8%, MT-Bench: 83.5%, IFEval: 82.9%, MATH: 70.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle) and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct?

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle) supports an unknown number of tokens and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct supports 32K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 Eagle) and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct?

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

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