Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Mistral Nemo

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.7 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.7

Rank #292 Confirmed

Mistral Nemo Mistral AI

25.9

Rank #332 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Nemo in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads 43.0 to 28.6.
  • Mistral Nemo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Mistral Nemo specifications
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BMistral Nemo
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index29.725.9
Released2024-10-032024-07-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—128K
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.15
Output $ / M tokens—$0.15
Results tracked2110

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221), Mistral Nemo: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BMistral Nemo
LMArena Coding1218—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: —, Mistral Nemo: 23.3 (#118)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BMistral Nemo
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—27.6%
BALROG—17.6%

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242), Mistral Nemo: 19.9 (#230)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BMistral Nemo
DTBench50%48.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts1210—
Epoch Capabilities Index—118.63
PIQA—83.5%

Math Mistral Nemo leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296), Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#263)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BMistral Nemo
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%—
LMArena Math1207—
MATH Level 5—10.8%
GSM8K—84.2%

Knowledge Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285), Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#293)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BMistral Nemo
GPQA Diamond33%29.9%
LMArena Expert1185—
BoolQ—82.5%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 27.6 (#110), Mistral Nemo: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BMistral Nemo
LMArena Vision1044—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224), Mistral Nemo: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BMistral Nemo
LMArena Non-English1215—
LMArena Chinese1231—
LMArena French1233—
LMArena German1206—
LMArena Japanese1150—
LMArena Korean1140—
LMArena Russian1236—
LMArena Spanish1212—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 63.1 (#231), Mistral Nemo: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BMistral Nemo
LMArena Instruction Following1199—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220), Mistral Nemo: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BMistral Nemo
LMArena Longer Query1219—

Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227), Mistral Nemo: 28.6 (#291)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BMistral Nemo
LMArena Text1226—
LMArena Creative Writing1218—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—881
LMArena Multi-Turn1185—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Mistral Nemo?

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.7 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Mistral Nemo share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Nemo has 10.

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