Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Mistral

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Google

37.0

Rank #211 Confirmed

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher in 6 categories and Mistral in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads 56.8 to 37.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Omni-MATH: 48% for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and 7.2% for Mistral.

Side by side

Gemini 2.5 Flash-LiteMistral
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index37.029.9
Released2025-06-17—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.10—
Output $ / M tokens$0.40—
Results tracked3322

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.5 (#173), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteMistral
LMArena Coding13731162
WeirdML35.2%—
ALE-Bench325.9—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 28.0 (#96), Mistral: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteMistral
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard36.9%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 22.2 (#205), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteMistral
LMArena Hard Prompts13771149
Kagi LLM Benchmark40.5%—
DTBench62.8%—
LMCA18.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index133.94—

Math Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.0 (#144), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteMistral
Omni-MATH48%7.2%
LMArena Math13731180

Knowledge Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 32.5 (#210), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteMistral
MMLU-Pro53.7%27.7%
GPQA (HELM)30.9%30.3%
LMArena Expert13731125
Vectara Hallucination Rate3.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 29.1 (#114), Mistral: —

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteMistral
LMArena Vision1198—
VPCT30%—

Multilingual Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 49.3 (#134), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteMistral
LMArena Non-English13691129
LMArena Chinese14041109
LMArena French13881180
LMArena German13891155
LMArena Japanese13591013
LMArena Korean13601032
LMArena Russian13731168
LMArena Spanish13961143

Instruction Following Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 70.0 (#168), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteMistral
IFEval81%56.8%
LMArena Instruction Following13671152

Long Context Mistral leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 33.3 (#262), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteMistral
LMArena Longer Query13731153
Fiction.LiveBench47.2%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 56.8 (#135), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

BenchmarkGemini 2.5 Flash-LiteMistral
LMArena Text13791165
LMArena Creative Writing13671158
WildBench81.8%66%
LMArena Multi-Turn13661147

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite better than Mistral?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.0 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Mistral better for coding?

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.5 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Mistral share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has 33 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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