VERIFIEDOct 142026
Is Mistral Large 3 state of the art?
No.Best current rank is #68 in Vision.
As of Oct 14, 2026, Mistral Large 3 from Mistral. Best current rank is #68 in Vision. Ranked #68 in Vision.
Why
The ruling, in plain English
Ranked #103 in General LLM.
Receipts
Evidence
| Source | Score | Date | Type | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall) mistral-large-3 | 1413.7716548344843 1410.9–1416.7 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_368d64825bf4 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts) mistral-large-3 | 1431.7556622069485 1428.2–1435.3 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_368d64825bf4 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, math) mistral-large-3 | 1400.3037791019615 1391.4–1409.2 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_368d64825bf4 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, coding) mistral-large-3 | 1470.281900136317 1465.5–1475.1 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_368d64825bf4 |
| LMArena WebDev mistral-large-3 | 1230.3680191474898 1204.9–1255.8 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_6949d6fb2488 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query) mistral-large-3 | 1417.230374405935 1412.9–1421.6 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_368d64825bf4 |
| LMArena Vision (style-controlled) mistral-large-3 | 1199.757077684447 1191.8–1207.7 | 2026-10-09 | INDEP. | snap_44d0155ee751 |
| LMArena Text factuality mistral-large-3 | 1433.50603177787 1431.0–1436.0 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_f051faf18005 |
Reign history
Where it sits in the succession
No closed or open crown interval includes this model.
Honest about the gaps
Where it is not the crown
| Category | This model | Why |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | Not SOTA · #103 | Ranked #103 in General LLM. |
| Reasoning | Not SOTA · #104 | Ranked #104 in Reasoning. |
| Math | Not SOTA · #110 | Ranked #110 in Math. |
| Coding | Not SOTA · #89 | Ranked #89 in Coding. |
| Coding › Web dev | Not SOTA · #102 | Ranked #102 in Coding › Web dev. |
| Long context | Not SOTA · #103 | Ranked #103 in Long context. |
| Vision | Not SOTA · #68 | Ranked #68 in Vision. |
| Factuality | Not SOTA · #78 | Ranked #78 in Factuality. |