Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Mistral Large 4

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Mistral Large 4 Mistral AI

43.1

Rank #99 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Large 4 in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads 49.2 to 22.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 83.1% for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and 27.4% for Mistral Large 4.
  • Mistral Large 4 is cheaper at $0.68 / $2.09 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Gemini 3 Flash Preview.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Mistral Large 4 specifications
Gemini 3 Flash PreviewMistral Large 4
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index52.343.1
Released2025-12-172026-10-06
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1.05M
Max output66K262K
Input $ / M tokens$0.50$0.68
Output $ / M tokens$3$2.09
Results tracked5915

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMistral Large 4
LMArena WebDev14391541
LMArena Coding14601475
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
GSO9.8%—
WeirdML61.6%—
ALE-Bench1,367—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29), Mistral Large 4: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMistral Large 4
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 Large 4: 22.5 (#192)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMistral Large 4
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%27.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts14651444
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
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 Large 4: 40.4 (#91)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMistral Large 4
LMArena Math14731488
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench15%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)35.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)4.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 58.8 (#33), Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMistral Large 4
SimpleQA Verified66.8%20%
LMArena Expert14621447
GPQA Diamond89.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), Mistral Large 4: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMistral Large 4
LMArena Vision1285—
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMistral Large 4
LMArena Non-English14581415
LMArena Chinese15111491
LMArena Russian14801414
LMArena French1477—
LMArena German1497—
LMArena Japanese1489—
LMArena Korean1443—
LMArena Spanish1469—

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMistral Large 4
LMArena Instruction Following14371424

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMistral Large 4
LMArena Longer Query14521429

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMistral Large 4
LMArena Text14661427
LMArena Creative Writing14571361
LMArena Multi-Turn14711424

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Mistral Large 4?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview 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 Flash Preview lists at $0.50 and $3.

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 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 Flash Preview and Mistral Large 4 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.

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