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Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Mistral

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.5

Rank #133 Confirmed

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads 50.1 to 16.6.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteMistral
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index41.529.9
Released2026-07-21—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.30—
Output $ / M tokens$2.50—
Results tracked3922

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteMistral
LMArena Coding14531162
LMArena WebDev1440—
SciCode41.3%—
WeirdML39%—
ALE-Bench765.27—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107), Mistral: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteMistral
APEX-Agents29.3%—
GDP.pdf10%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteMistral
LMArena Hard Prompts14411149
ARC-AGI-210.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%—
ARC-AGI-153.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles22%—
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench83.5%—
LMCA37.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.13—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteMistral
LMArena Math14331180
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%—
ProofBench13%—
Omni-MATH—7.2%

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteMistral
LMArena Expert14351125
GPQA Diamond83.3%—
MMLU-Pro—27.7%
GPQA (HELM)—30.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40), Mistral: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteMistral
LMArena Vision1268—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteMistral
LMArena Non-English14271129
LMArena Chinese14691109
LMArena French14511180
LMArena German14541155
LMArena Japanese14271013
LMArena Korean14071032
LMArena Russian14431168
LMArena Spanish14421143

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteMistral
LMArena Instruction Following14201152
IFEval—56.8%

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteMistral
LMArena Longer Query14351153

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteMistral
LMArena Text14351165
LMArena Creative Writing14201158
LMArena Multi-Turn14451147
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1559—
WildBench—66%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Mistral?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Mistral better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Mistral share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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