Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Mistral

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 Flash Preview leads 58.8 to 16.6.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Mistral specifications
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewMistral
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index52.329.9
Released2025-12-17—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.50—
Output $ / M tokens$3—
Results tracked5922

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMistral
LMArena Coding14601162
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
LMArena WebDev1439—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
GSO9.8%—
WeirdML61.6%—
ALE-Bench1,367—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29), Mistral: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMistral
Terminal-Bench64.3%—
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking27.3%—
τ²-bench Retail76.8%—
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%—
DeepResearch Bench49.8%—
BALROG48.1%—
GDP.pdf10%—
LMArena Search1198—
Vending-Bench 23,635—

Reasoning Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 49.2 (#37), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMistral
LMArena Hard Prompts14651149
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
ARC-AGI-184.7%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
DTBench89.1%—
LMCA43.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index151.8—
ForecastBench58.5—

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.7 (#55), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

Knowledge Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#33), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMistral
LMArena Expert14621125
GPQA Diamond89.4%—
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—
MMLU-Pro—27.7%
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%—
GPQA (HELM)—30.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), Mistral: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMistral
LMArena Vision1285—
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMistral
LMArena Non-English14581129
LMArena Chinese15111109
LMArena French14771180
LMArena German14971155
LMArena Japanese14891013
LMArena Korean14431032
LMArena Russian14801168
LMArena Spanish14691143

Instruction Following Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMistral
LMArena Instruction Following14371152
IFEval—56.8%

Long Context Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMistral
LMArena Longer Query14521153

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMistral
LMArena Text14661165
LMArena Creative Writing14571158
LMArena Multi-Turn14711147
WildBench—66%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Mistral?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Mistral better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Mistral share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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