Model comparison
Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Mistral Small 3
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Small 3 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mistral Small 3 leads 25.1 to 15.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 34% for Gemini 1.0 Pro and 47.3% for Mistral Small 3.
- Mistral Small 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 27.3 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2023-12-13 | 2025-01-30 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 33K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.08 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3 leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 32.2 (#275), Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1108 | 1246 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.4% |
| HumanEval+ | 55.5% | — |
| MBPP+ | 61.4% | — |
Reasoning Mistral Small 3 leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 17.1 (#296), Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1109 | 1233 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 117.04 | 127.07 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| DTBench | 45.9% | — |
Math Mistral Small 3 leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 9.3 (#321), Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1132 | 1240 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.2% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Small 3 leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.6 (#291), Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34% | 47.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1059 | 1202 |
| Confabulations | — | 25.2% |
| MMLU | 70% | — |
Multilingual Mistral Small 3 leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.4 (#252), Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1138 | 1198 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1124 | 1204 |
| LMArena French | 1145 | 1203 |
| LMArena German | 1125 | 1211 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1023 | 1111 |
| LMArena Russian | 1186 | 1216 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1188 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1119 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Small 3 leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.6 (#267), Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1114 | 1214 |
Long Context Mistral Small 3 leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#249), Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1132 | 1246 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.0 Pro leads
Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.0 (#264), Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1149 | 1234 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1131 | 1195 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1139 | 1217 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 707 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than Mistral Small 3?
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.0 Pro or Mistral Small 3 better for coding?
Mistral Small 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.5 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and Mistral Small 3 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.