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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Mistral Large 4

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Mistral Large 4 Mistral AI

43.1

Rank #99 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Large 4 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 22.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 89% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 27.4% for Mistral Large 4.
  • Mistral Large 4 is cheaper at $0.68 / $2.09 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.6 Flash.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashMistral Large 4
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index54.143.1
Released2026-07-212026-10-06
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1.05M
Max output66K262K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.68
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$2.09
Results tracked4615

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMistral Large 4
LMArena WebDev15381541
LMArena Coding14911475
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Mistral Large 4: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMistral Large 4
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMistral Large 4
NYT Connections (extended)89%27.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851444
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMistral Large 4
LMArena Math15051488
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMistral Large 4
SimpleQA Verified66.2%20%
LMArena Expert14881447
GPQA Diamond94.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Mistral Large 4: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMistral Large 4
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMistral Large 4
LMArena Non-English14691415
LMArena Chinese15311491
LMArena Russian14871414
LMArena French1504—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1476—
LMArena Korean1431—
LMArena Spanish1475—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMistral Large 4
LMArena Instruction Following14661424

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMistral Large 4
LMArena Longer Query14741429

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMistral Large 4
LMArena Text14791427
LMArena Creative Writing14651361
LMArena Multi-Turn14811424
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Mistral Large 4?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash 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 3.6 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 48.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1.05M tokens.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Mistral Large 4 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.

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