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Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Mistral

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.2

Rank #32 Confirmed

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash 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 leads 66.3 to 16.6.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 FlashMistral
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index54.229.9
Released2026-05-19—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.50—
Output $ / M tokens$9—
Results tracked5422

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashMistral
LMArena Coding14921162
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
LMArena WebDev1499—
SciCode53.1%—
WeirdML62.6%—
ALE-Bench911.02—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114), Mistral: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashMistral
APEX-Agents27.5%—
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashMistral
LMArena Hard Prompts14881149
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
SimpleBench76.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)92.6%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
CritPt13.1%—
Chess Puzzles50%—
EnigmaEval25.4%—
EBR-Bench4.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles32%—
DTBench94.7%—
LMCA47.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench58.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.46—
ForecastBench59—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashMistral
LMArena Math15041180
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)62.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench31%—
Omni-MATH—7.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashMistral
LMArena Expert14951125
GPQA Diamond92.8%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
MMLU-Pro—27.7%
GPQA (HELM)—30.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Mistral: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashMistral
LMArena Vision1310—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashMistral
LMArena Non-English14761129
LMArena Chinese15261109
LMArena French14901180
LMArena German14921155
LMArena Japanese14861013
LMArena Korean14511032
LMArena Russian14931168
LMArena Spanish14801143

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashMistral
LMArena Instruction Following14671152
IFEval—56.8%

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashMistral
LMArena Longer Query14821153

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashMistral
LMArena Text14821165
LMArena Creative Writing14701158
LMArena Multi-Turn14811147
WildBench—66%
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Mistral?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Mistral better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Mistral share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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