Model comparison
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs Mistral Medium 3.1
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
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- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Medium 3.1 in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads 22.9 to 10.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Thematic Generalization: 63.3% for Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and 20.3% for Mistral Medium 3.1.
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.25 / $1.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2 for Mistral Medium 3.1.
- Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Mistral Medium 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 40.8 | 31.9 |
| Released | 2026-03-03 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | 131K |
| Max output | 66K | 105K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.25 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | $2 |
| Results tracked | 38 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.8 (#188), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1256 | — |
| SciCode | 41.9% | — |
| WeirdML | 52.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1400 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 797.73 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 30.2 (#79), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| DeepResearch Bench | 37.3% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.9 (#186), Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 8.2% | 6.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | 63.3% | 20.3% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 67.2% | — |
| CritPt | 1.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 25% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1407 | — |
| DTBench | 76.8% | — |
| LMCA | 35% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 144.47 | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.4 | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 40.7 (#90), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 27.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 80% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1428 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 81.8% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 8.6% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 8.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1398 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.4 (#60), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1240 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.3 (#86), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1411 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1461 | — |
| LMArena French | 1424 | — |
| LMArena German | 1429 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1413 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1392 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1420 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1421 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1377 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1394 | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94), Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1416 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1401 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1476 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1417 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better than Mistral Medium 3.1?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.8 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or Mistral Medium 3.1?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.1 lists at $0.40 and $2.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.