Model comparison
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite vs Pixtral Large
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite scores higher in 3 categories and Pixtral Large in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads 64.2 to 32.9.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.50 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Pixtral Large.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
- Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Pixtral Large | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 41.5 | 32.2 |
| Released | 2026-07-21 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 128K |
| Max output | 66K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $6 |
| Results tracked | 39 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 42.4 (#104), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1440 | — |
| SciCode | 41.3% | — |
| WeirdML | 39% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1453 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 765.27 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.7 (#107), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 29.3% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 10% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 27.8 (#114), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 10.3% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 60.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 53.5% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 22% | — |
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1441 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 19% | — |
| DTBench | 83.5% | — |
| LMCA | 37.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 145.13 | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 25.9 (#264), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 26% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 0% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 71.1% | — |
| ProofBench | 13% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1433 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 50.1 (#72), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 83.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1435 | — |
Multimodal Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 41.1 (#40), Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1268 | 1089 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 53.5 (#63), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1427 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1469 | — |
| LMArena French | 1451 | — |
| LMArena German | 1454 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1427 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1407 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1443 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1442 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 74.8 (#85), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 43.9 (#84), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1435 | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite: 64.2 (#57), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1559 | 988 |
| LMArena Text | 1435 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1420 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1445 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite better than Pixtral Large?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.5 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite or Pixtral Large?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.50 per million output tokens; Pixtral Large lists at $2 and $6.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite and Pixtral Large share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite has 39 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.