Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Pixtral Large
Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 1 category and Pixtral Large in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads 42.8 to 32.9.
- Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Pixtral Large | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 32.2 |
| Released | 2024-10-03 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | — |
Reasoning Pixtral Large leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1209 | — |
| DTBench | 50% | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.6% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1207 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1185 | — |
Multimodal Pixtral Large leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1044 | 1089 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1215 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1231 | — |
| LMArena French | 1234 | — |
| LMArena German | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1236 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1212 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1226 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1218 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 988 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1185 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Pixtral Large?
Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Pixtral Large share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.