Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Mistral Large 4

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 4 costs 4.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Google

56.7

Rank #23 Confirmed

Mistral Large 4 Mistral AI

43.1

Rank #99 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview scores higher in 7 categories and Mistral Large 4 in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 22.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 97.4% for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and 27.4% for Mistral Large 4.
  • Mistral Large 4 is cheaper at $0.68 / $2.09 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $12 for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview.

Side by side

Gemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMistral Large 4
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index56.743.1
Released2026-02-192026-10-06
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1.05M
Max output66K262K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.68
Output $ / M tokens$12$2.09
Results tracked7115

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Category by category

Coding Mistral Large 4 leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99), Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMistral Large 4
LMArena WebDev14471541
LMArena Coding14841475
SWE-bench Verified75.6%—
DeepSWE11.7%—
SciCode58.9%—
GSO22.6%—
WeirdML72.1%—
MirrorCode8.9%—
ALE-Bench1,161—
AlgoTune2.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#34), Mistral Large 4: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMistral Large 4
Terminal-Bench80.2%—
APEX-Agents35.3%—
τ²-bench Banking26%—
DeepResearch Bench47.8%—
PostTrainBench22%—
BALROG57%—
ExploitBench26.1%—
GBAEval0.8%—
GDP.pdf17%—
LMArena Search1211—
METR Time Horizons77%—
Vending-Bench 23,774—

Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#12), Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMistral Large 4
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%27.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851444
ARC-AGI-277.1%—
SimpleBench79.6%—
ARC-AGI-198%—
CritPt17.7%—
Chess Puzzles55%—
EnigmaEval36.8%—
Thematic Generalization79.4%—
EBR-Bench14.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.1%—
LMCA53.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.77—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 62.1 (#34), Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMistral Large 4
LMArena Math14851488
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)59.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions86.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench26%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)36.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)16.7%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMistral Large 4
SimpleQA Verified73.5%20%
LMArena Expert14851447
GPQA Diamond94.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam46.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate10.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.9 (#69), Mistral Large 4: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMistral Large 4
LMArena Vision1296—
Blueprint-Bench 226.5%—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.0 (#12), Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMistral Large 4
LMArena Non-English14771415
LMArena Chinese15291491
LMArena Russian14981414
LMArena French1487—
LMArena German1491—
LMArena Japanese1493—
LMArena Korean1455—
LMArena Spanish1479—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32), Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMistral Large 4
LMArena Instruction Following14661424

Long Context Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18), Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMistral Large 4
LMArena Longer Query14831429
CL-bench20.8%—
CL-bench Life16.9%—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37), Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)

BenchmarkGemini 3.1 Pro PreviewMistral Large 4
LMArena Text14811427
LMArena Creative Writing14821361
LMArena Multi-Turn14881424
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1491—
EQ-Bench 41142—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Mistral Large 4?

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 4 costs 4.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Mistral Large 4?

Mistral Large 4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.68 per million input tokens and $2.09 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview lists at $2 and $12.

Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?

Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 42.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1.05M tokens.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Mistral Large 4 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.

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