Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Mistral Small 3.2
Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
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- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Small 3.2 in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 24.9 to 13.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 4.6% for Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B 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 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral Small 3.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 29.7 | 30.8 |
| Released | 2024-10-03 | 2025-06-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 256K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.0938 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 34.9 (#221), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | — |
Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 19.2 (#242), Mistral Small 3.2: 17.5 (#282)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1210 | — |
| DTBench | 50% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 131.73 |
Math Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 13.3 (#296), Mistral Small 3.2: 24.9 (#251)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.6% | 30.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1207 | — |
Knowledge Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#285), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.8 (#249)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | 49.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1185 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 27.6 (#110), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1044 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.6 (#224), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1215 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1231 | — |
| LMArena French | 1233 | — |
| LMArena German | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1236 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1212 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 63.1 (#231), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 36.9 (#220), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | — |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 43.0 (#227), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.1 (#219)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1226 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1218 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1185 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Mistral Small 3.2?
Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Mistral Small 3.2 share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.