Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct vs Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512 leads llmrun Score 89.6 to 87.1 (ranges overlap); neither fits 24 GB.
Model A · Meta
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct401.6B · 17B active · Other · Apr 2025
Model B · Mistral AI
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512675B · Apache 2.0 · Nov 2025
Choose Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct if you want…
Lighter on memory
265.1 vs 445.5 GB at Q4_K_M
Also does vision
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512 doesn't list it
Choose Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512 if you want…
Higher llmrun Score
89.6 vs 87.1, ranges overlap
Stronger at coding
92.7 vs 81.1
Ahead on the benchmarks
4 of 5 shared boards
Also does chat, function-calling
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct doesn't list it
More permissive license
Apache 2.0 vs Other
Newer release
Nov 2025 vs Apr 2025
On your hardware
Each model at its default quant (Q4_K_M), a smaller one when it must. Estimates, ±20%.
8 GB
RTX 4060 · 8 GB tier
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 129.2 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 213.1 GB
12 GB
RTX 3060 12GB · 12 GB tier
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 129.2 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 213.1 GB
16 GB
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB · 16 GB tier
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 129.2 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 213.1 GB
24 GBreference
RTX 4090 · 24 GB tier
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 129.2 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 213.1 GB
32 GB
RTX 5090 · 32 GB tier
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 129.2 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 213.1 GB
48 GB
RTX A6000 · 48 GB tier
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 129.2 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 213.1 GB
Mac 32 GB
Mac Mini M4 · Macs
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 129.2 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 213.1 GB
Mac 64 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 129.2 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 213.1 GB
Mac 128 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 129.2 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 213.1 GB
Reference GPU: RTX 4090. Tinted cell = the better pick on that machine (fits, more headroom, or at least 10% faster).
Overall
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
Coding
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
Science
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
Reasoning
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct · #72 of 100 open models · #69 of 96 that fit ≤512 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512 · #69 of 100 open models · #66 of 96 that fit ≤512 GB
Benchmarks
5 shared boards: Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct leads 0, Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512 leads 4 · Benchmarks imported Oct 2026
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
33.1%#49/66 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Apr 2025
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
36.6%#39/66 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Dec 2025
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
173.0#43/43 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Apr 2025
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
264.7#41/43 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Dec 2025
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
0.0%#55/66 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Apr 2025
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
0.0%#59/66 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Dec 2025
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
61.9%#41/68 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Apr 2025
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
65.1%#37/68 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Dec 2025
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
15.9%#39/54 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Apr 2025
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
16.7%#38/54 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Dec 2025
14 more boards (other shared and single-model boards)
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
1327.0#89/187 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
1414.2#41/187 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
Only Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct (12)
- GPQA Diamond67.0%
- AIME 2024/202520.6%
- Humanity's Last Exam5.7%
- ARC-AGI-20.0%
- MMLU-Pro80.5%
- Aider Polyglot15.6%
- ARC-AGI4.4%
- SimpleBench27.7%
- MATH Level 573.0%
- WeirdML24.5%
- Fiction.LiveBench46.2%
- ForecastBench57.5
Only Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512 (1)
- LMArena WebDev1230.5
VRAM by quantization
Memory to load the model and 2K context; below it, the total at 32K and 128K context. Lighter side in bold.
Q2_K
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
188 GB145.6 GB file
32K 204 GB · 128K 257 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
316 GB247.1 GB file
32K 335 GB · 128K 396 GB
Q3_K_S
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
193 GB172.7 GB file
32K 210 GB · 128K 262 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
325 GB291.9 GB file
32K 344 GB · 128K 405 GB
Q3_K_M
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
215 GB191.1 GB file
32K 232 GB · 128K 284 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
362 GB321.8 GB file
32K 381 GB · 128K 442 GB
Q4_0
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
221 GB226.8 GB file
32K 237 GB · 128K 290 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
371 GB381.7 GB file
32K 390 GB · 128K 451 GB
Q4_K_M
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
265 GB242.8 GB file
32K 282 GB · 128K 334 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
446 GB407.0 GB file
32K 465 GB · 128K 525 GB
Q5_K_M
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
315 GB284.5 GB file
32K 331 GB · 128K 384 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
529 GB478.0 GB file
32K 548 GB · 128K 609 GB
Q6_K
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
364 GB328.8 GB file
32K 381 GB · 128K 434 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
613 GB553.3 GB file
32K 632 GB · 128K 693 GB
Q8_0
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
442 GB425.8 GB file
32K 458 GB · 128K 511 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
743 GB715.7 GB file
32K 762 GB · 128K 822 GB
14 more quants
IQ2_XXS
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
121 GB135.2 GB file
32K 138 GB · 128K 191 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
204 GB224.8 GB file
32K 223 GB · 128K 284 GB
IQ2_XS
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
not listed
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
223 GB189.5 GB file
32K 242 GB · 128K 303 GB
IQ2_S
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
not listed
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
232 GB190.8 GB file
32K 251 GB · 128K 312 GB
IQ2_M
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
149 GB141.2 GB file
32K 166 GB · 128K 218 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
251 GB235.4 GB file
32K 270 GB · 128K 331 GB
IQ3_XXS
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
171 GB169.3 GB file
32K 188 GB · 128K 240 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
288 GB279.2 GB file
32K 307 GB · 128K 368 GB
IQ3_XS
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
not listed
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
306 GB279.1 GB file
32K 325 GB · 128K 386 GB
IQ3_M
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
not listed
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
334 GB309.9 GB file
32K 353 GB · 128K 414 GB
Q3_K_L
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
not listed
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
381 GB321.7 GB file
32K 400 GB · 128K 460 GB
IQ4_XS
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
237 GB214.3 GB file
32K 254 GB · 128K 307 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
399 GB360.0 GB file
32K 418 GB · 128K 479 GB
IQ4_NL
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
248 GB225.8 GB file
32K 265 GB · 128K 318 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
418 GB380.7 GB file
32K 437 GB · 128K 498 GB
Q4_1
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
248 GB250.7 GB file
32K 265 GB · 128K 318 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
418 GB422.4 GB file
32K 437 GB · 128K 498 GB
Q4_K_S
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
248 GB227.8 GB file
32K 265 GB · 128K 318 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
418 GB382.7 GB file
32K 437 GB · 128K 498 GB
Q5_K_S
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
304 GB275.7 GB file
32K 320 GB · 128K 373 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
510 GB464.4 GB file
32K 530 GB · 128K 590 GB
BF16
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
883 GB801.5 GB file
32K 900 GB · 128K 953 GB
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
1485 GB1347.0 GB file
32K 1504 GB · 128K 1565 GB
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_MMistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Mistral-Large-3-675B-Instruct-2512-GGUF:Q4_K_M| Spec | Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct | Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512 |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Parameters | 401.6B | 675B |
| Active parameters | 17B per token | — |
| Modalities | Vision | Chat, Function-calling |
| License | Other | Apache 2.0 |
| Released | Apr 2025 | Nov 2025 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is better, Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct or Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512?
Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512 leads llmrun Score 89.6 to 87.1 (ranges overlap); neither fits 24 GB. Choose Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct for lighter on memory and also does vision; choose Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512 for higher llmrun Score and stronger at coding.
Which needs less VRAM, Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct or Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512?
At Q4_K_M, Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct requires 265.1 GB while Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512 needs 445.5 GB, making Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct the easier model to run on your local setup.
Can I run Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct or Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512 on a 16 GB GPU?
Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct does not fit (smallest quant needs 129.2 GB); Mistral Large 3 675B Instruct 2512 does not fit (smallest quant needs 213.1 GB).