Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Mistral Large 3

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 3 costs 2.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite Google

41.5

Rank #133 Confirmed

Mistral Large 3 Mistral AI

39.1

Rank #176 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads 50.1 to 36.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 60.4% for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and 7.5% for Mistral Large 3.
  • Mistral Large 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.75 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $2.50 for Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 Flash LiteMistral Large 3
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index41.539.1
Released2026-07-212025-12-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$2.50$0.75
Results tracked3924

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteMistral Large 3
LMArena WebDev14401230
LMArena Coding14531448
SciCode41.3%—
WeirdML39%—
ALE-Bench765.27—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107), Mistral Large 3: —

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

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteMistral Large 3
NYT Connections (extended)60.4%7.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts14411429
ARC-AGI-210.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—50.9%
ARC-AGI-153.5%—
CritPt0%—
Chess Puzzles22%—
Thematic Generalization—23%
Mystery Game Puzzles19%—
DTBench83.5%—
LMCA37.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.13—

Math Mistral Large 3 leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteMistral Large 3
LMArena Math14331414
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)26%—
FrontierMath Tier 40%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202571.1%—
ProofBench13%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteMistral Large 3
LMArena Expert14351421
GPQA Diamond83.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—14.5%

Multimodal Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40), Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteMistral Large 3
LMArena Vision12681221

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteMistral Large 3
LMArena Non-English14271413
LMArena Chinese14691447
LMArena French14511455
LMArena German14541437
LMArena Japanese14271394
LMArena Korean14071384
LMArena Russian14431411
LMArena Spanish14421440

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteMistral Large 3
LMArena Instruction Following14201403

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteMistral Large 3
LMArena Longer Query14351413

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 Flash LiteMistral Large 3
LMArena Text14351428
LMArena Creative Writing14201386
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15591412
LMArena Multi-Turn14451429

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Mistral Large 3?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 3 costs 2.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite lists at $0.30 and $2.50.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Mistral Large 3 share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.

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