Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mistral Medium 3.5 leads 39.3 to 16.0.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral Medium 3.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 29.7 | 39.6 |
| Released | 2024-10-03 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 210K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221), Mistral Medium 3.5: 35.7 (#208)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1461 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1263 |
Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242), Mistral Medium 3.5: 16.6 (#290)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1210 | 1436 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 41.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 12.9% |
| DTBench | 50% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.42 |
Math Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296), Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.4 (#113)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1207 | 1432 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.6% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285), Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.3 (#123)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1185 | 1431 |
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
Multimodal Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 27.6 (#110), Mistral Medium 3.5: 37.6 (#64)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1044 | 1222 |
Multilingual Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224), Mistral Medium 3.5: 52.1 (#93)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1215 | 1405 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1231 | 1443 |
| LMArena French | 1233 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1206 | 1453 |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | 1387 |
| LMArena Russian | 1236 | 1396 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1212 | 1406 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1150 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 63.1 (#231), Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.7 (#87)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1414 |
Long Context Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220), Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#101)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | 1414 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227), Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.6 (#113)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1226 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1218 | 1372 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1185 | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Mistral Medium 3.5?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (34.9 vs 35.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.