Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.7 Flash vs Mistral Small 3

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3 costs 26× 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 Small 3 Mistral AI

31.2

Rank #278 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Small 3 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 3.7 Flash leads 69.6 to 16.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 97.2% for Gemini 3.7 Flash and 6.7% for Mistral Small 3.
  • Mistral Small 3 is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.08 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 33K.
  • Mistral Small 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.7 FlashMistral Small 3
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index59.831.2
Released2026-08-132025-01-30
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M33K
Max output66K16K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.05
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$0.08
Results tracked4424

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 56.2 (#22), Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMistral Small 3
LMArena Coding14971246
DeepSWE65.5%—
FrontierCode43.6%—
LMArena WebDev1592—
FrontierSWE20.3%—
SciCode59.8%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—45.3%
BigCodeBench Complete—50.4%
ALE-Bench904.3—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

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

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

Reasoning Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 70.0 (#15), Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMistral Small 3
Chess Puzzles47%0%
LMArena Hard Prompts14941233
Epoch Capabilities Index157.27127.07
ARC-AGI-284.6%—
NYT Connections (extended)94%—
ARC-AGI-195.5%—
CritPt14.3%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
DTBench96.8%—
LMCA50.4%—

Math Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.6 (#23), Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMistral Small 3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202597.2%6.7%
LMArena Math15071240
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)71.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 436.6%—
ProofBench58%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 69.7 (#5), Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMistral Small 3
GPQA Diamond94.8%47.3%
LMArena Expert15081202
SimpleQA Verified69.2%—
Confabulations—25.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 37.3 (#73), Mistral Small 3: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMistral Small 3
LMArena Vision1316—
Furniture Assembly26.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 57.6 (#7), Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMistral Small 3
LMArena Non-English14841198
LMArena Chinese15481204
LMArena French15051203
LMArena German14981211
LMArena Japanese15121111
LMArena Korean14831188
LMArena Russian15161216
LMArena Spanish1503—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 77.7 (#15), Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMistral Small 3
LMArena Instruction Following14831214

Long Context Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 45.7 (#30), Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMistral Small 3
LMArena Longer Query14921246

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.7 Flash leads

Gemini 3.7 Flash: 71.2 (#20), Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)

BenchmarkGemini 3.7 FlashMistral Small 3
LMArena Text14861234
LMArena Creative Writing14901195
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1723707
LMArena Multi-Turn14891217

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.7 Flash better than Mistral Small 3?

Gemini 3.7 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.8 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Small 3 costs 26× 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 Small 3?

Mistral Small 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.7 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

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

Gemini 3.7 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.2 versus 36.5 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.7 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 33K.

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

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

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