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Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Mistral Large 3

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 3 costs 4.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.7 Flash Google

59.8

Rank #14 Confirmed

Mistral Large 3 Mistral AI

39.1

Rank #176 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 70.0 to 15.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 94% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 7.5% for Mistral Large 3.
  • Mistral Large 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.75 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.7 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.7 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 FlashMistral Large 3
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index59.839.1
Released2026-08-132025-12-02
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M262K
Max output66K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$0.75
Results tracked4424

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMistral Large 3
LMArena WebDev15921230
LMArena Coding14971448
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 42.1 (#19), Mistral Large 3: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMistral Large 3
APEX-Agents67.8%—
Remote Labor Index5%—
GDP.pdf23.8%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMistral Large 3
NYT Connections (extended)94%7.5%
LMArena Hard Prompts14941429
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—50.9%
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt14.3%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Thematic Generalization—23%
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LMCA50.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMistral Large 3
LMArena Math15071414
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%—
ProofBench58%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMistral Large 3
LMArena Expert15081421
GPQA Diamond94.8%—
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—14.5%

Multimodal Too close to call

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMistral Large 3
LMArena Vision13161221
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMistral Large 3
LMArena Non-English14841413
LMArena Chinese15481447
LMArena French15051455
LMArena German14981437
LMArena Japanese15121394
LMArena Korean14831384
LMArena Russian15161411
LMArena Spanish15031440

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMistral Large 3
LMArena Instruction Following14831403

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMistral Large 3
LMArena Longer Query14921413

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMistral Large 3
LMArena Text14861428
LMArena Creative Writing14901386
EQ-Bench Creative Writing17231412
LMArena Multi-Turn14891429

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Mistral Large 3?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 3 costs 4.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.7 Flash's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.7 Flash 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 3.7 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.7 Flash and Mistral Large 3 share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.7 Flash has 44 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.

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