Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Mixtral 8x22B

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 33 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) Google

33.2

Rank #246 Confirmed

Mixtral 8x22B Mistral AI

27.1

Rank #333 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 33 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 8 categories and Mixtral 8x22B in 1 category; 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 36.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 61.9% for Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and 24.2% for Mixtral 8x22B.
  • Mixtral 8x22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Mixtral 8x22B specifications
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mixtral 8x22B
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index33.227.1
Released2024-05-142024-04-17
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—64K
Max output—64K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked4234

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), Mixtral 8x22B: 24.2 (#329)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mixtral 8x22B
WeirdML24.9%3.2%
BigCodeBench Instruct43.5%40.6%
LMArena Coding12611166
BigCodeBench Complete55.1%50.2%
HumanEval+75.6%72%
MBPP+67.5%64.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.6 (#102), Mixtral 8x22B: 23.1 (#127)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mixtral 8x22B
Cybench—7.5%
BALROG14.6%—

Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), Mixtral 8x22B: 19.9 (#248)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mixtral 8x22B
LMArena Hard Prompts12571150
DTBench53.8%55.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index129.36122.03
ForecastBench53.956.3
PIQA87.5%—

Math Too close to call

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), Mixtral 8x22B: 22.9 (#275)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mixtral 8x22B
Omni-MATH30.4%16.3%
LMArena Math12691184
MATH Level 561.9%24.2%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202516.3%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)0%—
GSM8K82.4%—

Knowledge Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260), Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#293)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mixtral 8x22B
GPQA Diamond47.3%34.1%
MMLU-Pro67.8%46%
GPQA (HELM)43.7%33.4%
LMArena Expert12331113
MMLU77.9%77.8%
BoolQ85.8%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), Mixtral 8x22B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mixtral 8x22B
LMArena Vision1141—
Video-MME70.3%—
GeoBench76%—

Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), Mixtral 8x22B: 32.8 (#255)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mixtral 8x22B
LMArena Non-English12781128
LMArena Chinese12951116
LMArena French12581166
LMArena German12621141
LMArena Japanese12521037
LMArena Korean12211057
LMArena Russian12881158
LMArena Spanish12431151

Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), Mixtral 8x22B: 57.7 (#266)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mixtral 8x22B
IFEval83.1%72.4%
LMArena Instruction Following12581147

Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), Mixtral 8x22B: 34.7 (#247)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mixtral 8x22B
LMArena Longer Query12841144

Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), Mixtral 8x22B: 36.9 (#262)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024)Mixtral 8x22B
LMArena Text12871162
LMArena Creative Writing12851141
WildBench79.2%71.1%
LMArena Multi-Turn12531130

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Mixtral 8x22B?

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Mixtral 8x22B better for coding?

Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 24.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Mixtral 8x22B share?

33 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x22B has 34.

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