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Mistral Large 3 vs o4-mini-high

Mistral
Mistral Large 3
OpenAI
o4-mini-high
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateDec 2 2025Apr 16 2025
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Timeline
Release gapo4-mini-high shipped 230 days before Mistral Large 3

Which is better: Mistral Large 3 or o4-mini-high?

Mistral Large 3 and o4-mini-high don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. o4-mini-high shipped 230 days before Mistral Large 3, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Large 3 is open weight, while o4-mini-high is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Mistral Large 3 and o4-mini-high don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Mistral Large 3 was released by Mistral on Dec 2 2025.

o4-mini-high was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.

Mistral Large 3 is an open weight model released by Mistral. o4-mini-high is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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