Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Mistral

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) Google

33.2

Rank #246 Confirmed

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 6 categories and Mistral in 2 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in instruction following, where Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads 66.8 to 52.6.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MMLU-Pro: 67.8% for Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and 27.7% for Mistral.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Mistral specifications
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index33.229.9
Released2024-05-14—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked4222

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral
LMArena Coding12611162
WeirdML24.9%—
BigCodeBench Instruct43.5%—
BigCodeBench Complete55.1%—
HumanEval+75.6%—
MBPP+67.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.6 (#102), Mistral: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral
BALROG14.6%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral
LMArena Hard Prompts12571149
DTBench53.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index129.36—
ForecastBench53.9—
PIQA87.5%—

Math Too close to call

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral
Omni-MATH30.4%7.2%
LMArena Math12691180
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202516.3%—
MATH Level 561.9%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0%—
GSM8K82.4%—

Knowledge Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral
MMLU-Pro67.8%27.7%
GPQA (HELM)43.7%30.3%
LMArena Expert12331125
GPQA Diamond47.3%—
BoolQ85.8%—
MMLU77.9%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), Mistral: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral
LMArena Vision1141—
Video-MME70.3%—
GeoBench76%—

Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral
LMArena Non-English12781129
LMArena Chinese12951109
LMArena French12581180
LMArena German12621155
LMArena Japanese12521013
LMArena Korean12211032
LMArena Russian12881168
LMArena Spanish12431143

Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral
IFEval83.1%56.8%
LMArena Instruction Following12581152

Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral
LMArena Longer Query12841153

Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral
LMArena Text12871165
LMArena Creative Writing12851158
WildBench79.2%66%
LMArena Multi-Turn12531147

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Mistral?

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Mistral better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (34.4 vs 33.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Mistral share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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