Model comparison
Codestral vs Gemma 3n E4b IT
Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
GoogleSummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Codestral scores higher in 0 categories and Gemma 3n E4b IT in 2 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Gemma 3n E4b IT leads 37.0 to 27.3.
- Gemma 3n E4b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Codestral | Gemma 3n E4b IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 30.6 | 37.3 |
| Released | 2024-05-29 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.90 | — |
| Results tracked | 7 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Codestral: 27.3 (#321), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 11.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 41.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1268 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 137.78 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 73.8% | — |
| MBPP+ | 61.9% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Codestral: 19.8 (#251), Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 32.5% | 31.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1284 |
Math Not comparable
Codestral: —, Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1251 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Codestral: —, Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1246 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Codestral: —, Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1285 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1309 |
| LMArena French | — | 1330 |
| LMArena German | — | 1311 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1272 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1259 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1288 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1305 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Codestral: —, Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1255 |
Long Context Not comparable
Codestral: —, Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1276 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Codestral: —, Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Gemma 3n E4b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1306 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1287 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1276 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codestral better than Gemma 3n E4b IT?
Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.
Is Codestral or Gemma 3n E4b IT better for coding?
Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 27.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Codestral and Gemma 3n E4b IT share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Codestral has 7 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18.