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Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4) vs Mistral Large 4

Mistral Large 4 leads the LLM Stats Score 46.2 to 8.9.

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Which is better?

Mistral Large 4 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 46.2 to 8.9, ranking #34 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4)

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose Mistral Large 4

  • overall performance matters — it scores 46.2 and ranks #34 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4)
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Mistral Large 4
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Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
8.9
#290
46.2
#34
Reasoning
9.1
#283
44.0
#43
Coding
1.3
#246
35.8
#27
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
— / M
$0.68 / M
Output price
— / M
$2.09 / M
Context window
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1,000,000

Individual benchmarks

5 reported for Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4) · 18 for Mistral Large 4

No common benchmarks found

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4) and Mistral Large 4don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

375.0B diff

Mistral Large 4 has 375.0B more parameters than Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4), making it 55.6% larger.

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Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4)
675.0Bparameters
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Mistral Large 4
1.1Tparameters
675.0B
Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4)
1050.0B
Mistral Large 4

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Mistral Large 4 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens).

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Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input1,000,000 tokens
Output- tokens
Fri Oct 09 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4) and Mistral Large 4 support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mistral Large 4

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4) is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Mistral Large 4 uses a proprietary license.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4)

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Mistral Large 4

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4) was released on 2025-12-04, while Mistral Large 4 was released on 2026-10-06.

Mistral Large 4 is 10 months newer than Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4).

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4)

Dec 4, 2025

10 months ago

Mistral Large 4

Oct 6, 2026

2 days ago

10mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4) and Mistral Large 4 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4) vs Mistral Large 4.

Which is better, Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4) or Mistral Large 4?

Mistral Large 4 leads the LLM Stats Score 46.2 to 8.9. Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4) is made by Mistral AI and Mistral Large 4 is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4) compare to Mistral Large 4 in benchmarks?

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4) scores MMMLU: 85.5%, AMC_2022_23: 52.0%, GPQA: 43.9%, LiveCodeBench: 34.4%, SimpleQA: 23.8%. Mistral Large 4 scores B3 AI Security Benchmark: 93.3%, CyBench: 93.0%, SciCode: 91.8%, KORABench: 84.5%, CyberGym: 82.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4) and Mistral Large 4?

Mistral Large 3 (675B Instruct 2512 NVFP4) supports an unknown number of tokens and Mistral Large 4 supports 1.0M 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 NVFP4) and Mistral Large 4?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (8.9 vs 46.2), licensing (Apache 2.0 vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

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