Model comparison

Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Mistral Small 3.2

Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.0 Pro Google

27.3

Rank #332 Confirmed

Mistral Small 3.2 Mistral AI

31.2

Rank #280 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and Mistral Small 3.2 in 4 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 26.3 to 9.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.1% for Gemini 1.0 Pro and 30.3% for Mistral Small 3.2.
  • Mistral Small 3.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.0 Pro and Mistral Small 3.2 specifications
Gemini 1.0 ProMistral Small 3.2
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index27.331.2
Released2023-12-132025-06-20
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—256K
Max output—16K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.0938
Output $ / M tokens—$0.25
Results tracked246

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 32.2 (#275), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Coding1108—
HumanEval+55.5%—
MBPP+61.4%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 17.1 (#296), Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProMistral Small 3.2
Epoch Capabilities Index117.04131.74
Kagi LLM Benchmark—40.4%
Chess Puzzles—1%
LMArena Hard Prompts1109—
DTBench45.9%—

Math Mistral Small 3.2 leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 9.3 (#321), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProMistral Small 3.2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%30.3%
LMArena Math1132—
MATH Level 511.2%—

Knowledge Mistral Small 3.2 leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.6 (#291), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProMistral Small 3.2
GPQA Diamond34%49.1%
LMArena Expert1059—
MMLU70%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.4 (#252), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Non-English1138—
LMArena Chinese1124—
LMArena French1145—
LMArena German1125—
LMArena Japanese1023—
LMArena Russian1186—
LMArena Spanish1119—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.6 (#267), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Instruction Following1114—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#249), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Longer Query1132—

Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3.2 leads

Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.0 (#264), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.0 ProMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Text1149—
LMArena Creative Writing1131—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1255
LMArena Multi-Turn1139—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than Mistral Small 3.2?

Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and Mistral Small 3.2 share?

3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.

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