Model comparison
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Mistral Large 4
Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 37.0 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite costs 5.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher in 0 categories and Mistral Large 4 in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where Mistral Large 4 leads 43.6 to 33.3.
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.68 / $2.09 for Mistral Large 4.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Large 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 37.0 | 43.1 |
| Released | 2025-06-17 | 2026-10-06 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Max output | 66K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | $0.68 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.40 | $2.09 |
| Results tracked | 33 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Large 4 leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.5 (#173), Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1373 | 1475 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1541 |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 325.9 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 28.0 (#96), Mistral Large 4: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 36.9% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 22.2 (#205), Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1377 | 1444 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.5% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 27.4% |
| DTBench | 62.8% | — |
| LMCA | 18.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.94 | — |
Math Mistral Large 4 leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.0 (#144), Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1373 | 1488 |
| Omni-MATH | 48% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Large 4 leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 32.5 (#210), Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1373 | 1447 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 20% |
| MMLU-Pro | 53.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 3.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 29.1 (#114), Mistral Large 4: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1198 | — |
| VPCT | 30% | — |
Multilingual Mistral Large 4 leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 49.3 (#134), Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1369 | 1415 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1404 | 1491 |
| LMArena Russian | 1373 | 1414 |
| LMArena French | 1388 | — |
| LMArena German | 1389 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1359 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1360 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1396 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 4 leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 70.0 (#168), Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1367 | 1424 |
| IFEval | 81% | — |
Long Context Mistral Large 4 leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 33.3 (#262), Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1373 | 1429 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 47.2% | — |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 4 leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 56.8 (#135), Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1379 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1367 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1366 | 1424 |
| WildBench | 81.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite better than Mistral Large 4?
Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 37.0 on the Noometry Index. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite costs 5.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Mistral Large 4?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 4 lists at $0.68 and $2.09.
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?
Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 38.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 1.05M tokens.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Mistral Large 4 share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has 33 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.