Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Mistral Small 3.1

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 26 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) Google

33.2

Rank #246 Confirmed

Mistral Small 3.1 Mistral AI

31.7

Rank #269 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 7 categories and Mistral Small 3.1 in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads 48.7 to 37.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 16.3% for Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and 3.9% for Mistral Small 3.1.
  • Mistral Small 3.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Mistral Small 3.1 specifications
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral Small 3.1
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index33.231.7
Released2024-05-142025-03-17
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—128K
Max output—102K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.35
Output $ / M tokens—$0.56
Results tracked4228

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Category by category

Coding Mistral Small 3.1 leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), Mistral Small 3.1: 38.3 (#179)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral Small 3.1
LMArena Coding12611309
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 Small 3.1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral Small 3.1
BALROG14.6%—

Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), Mistral Small 3.1: 19.7 (#254)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral Small 3.1
LMArena Hard Prompts12571278
Epoch Capabilities Index129.36127.48
Chess Puzzles—1%
DTBench53.8%—
ForecastBench53.9—
PIQA87.5%—

Math Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), Mistral Small 3.1: 14.7 (#301)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral Small 3.1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202516.3%3.9%
Omni-MATH30.4%24.8%
LMArena Math12691262
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 Small 3.1: 22.6 (#271)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral Small 3.1
GPQA Diamond47.3%41.9%
MMLU-Pro67.8%61%
GPQA (HELM)43.7%39.2%
LMArena Expert12331257
BoolQ85.8%—
MMLU77.9%—

Multimodal Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), Mistral Small 3.1: 33.2 (#99)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral Small 3.1
LMArena Vision11411136
Video-MME70.3%—
GeoBench76%—

Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), Mistral Small 3.1: 41.2 (#209)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral Small 3.1
LMArena Non-English12781255
LMArena Chinese12951253
LMArena French12581273
LMArena German12621266
LMArena Japanese12521208
LMArena Korean12211206
LMArena Russian12881263
LMArena Spanish12431283

Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), Mistral Small 3.1: 63.6 (#230)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral Small 3.1
IFEval83.1%75%
LMArena Instruction Following12581264

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#178)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral Small 3.1
LMArena Longer Query12841299

Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), Mistral Small 3.1: 37.0 (#259)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mistral Small 3.1
LMArena Text12871277
LMArena Creative Writing12851253
WildBench79.2%78.8%
LMArena Multi-Turn12531270
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—761

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Mistral Small 3.1?

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Mistral Small 3.1 better for coding?

Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.3 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Mistral Small 3.1 share?

26 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.1 has 28.

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