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Model comparison

Gemini 3 Flash Preview vs Mixtral 8x22B

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3 Flash Preview Google

52.3

Rank #40 Confirmed

Mixtral 8x22B Mistral AI

27.1

Rank #333 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher in 9 categories and Mixtral 8x22B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads 58.8 to 15.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 61.6% for Gemini 3 Flash Preview and 3.2% for Mixtral 8x22B.
  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview is cheaper at $0.50 / $3 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Mixtral 8x22B.
  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 64K.
  • Mixtral 8x22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3 Flash PreviewMixtral 8x22B
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index52.327.1
Released2025-12-172024-04-17
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M64K
Max output66K64K
Input $ / M tokens$0.50$2
Output $ / M tokens$3$6
Results tracked5934

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 50.9 (#42), Mixtral 8x22B: 24.2 (#329)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMixtral 8x22B
WeirdML61.6%3.2%
LMArena Coding14601166
SWE-bench Verified75.4%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)75.8%—
LMArena WebDev1439—
SWE-bench Multilingual72.7%—
GSO9.8%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—40.6%
BigCodeBench Complete—50.2%
ALE-Bench1,367—
HumanEval+—72%
MBPP+—64.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 38.7 (#29), Mixtral 8x22B: 23.1 (#127)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMixtral 8x22B
Terminal-Bench64.3%—
τ²-bench Airline82.5%—
τ²-bench Banking27.3%—
τ²-bench Retail76.8%—
τ²-bench Telecom91.2%—
Cybench—7.5%
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), Mixtral 8x22B: 19.9 (#248)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Hard Prompts14651150
DTBench89.1%55.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index151.8122.03
ForecastBench58.556.3
ARC-AGI-233.6%—
SimpleBench61.1%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.1%—
ARC-AGI-184.7%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
Mystery Game Puzzles26%—
LMCA43.1%—

Math Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 51.7 (#55), Mixtral 8x22B: 22.9 (#275)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Math14731184
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)51.2%—
FrontierMath Tier 417.1%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions67.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench15%—
Omni-MATH—16.3%
MATH Level 5—24.2%
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), Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#293)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMixtral 8x22B
GPQA Diamond89.4%34.1%
LMArena Expert14621113
SimpleQA Verified66.8%—
MMLU-Pro—46%
Vectara Hallucination Rate13.5%—
GPQA (HELM)—33.4%
MMLU—77.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 45.5 (#16), Mixtral 8x22B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Vision1285—
GeoBench88%—
VPCT72.6%—
Blueprint-Bench 20%—
LMArena Document1413—

Multilingual Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 55.7 (#27), Mixtral 8x22B: 32.8 (#255)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Non-English14581128
LMArena Chinese15111116
LMArena French14771166
LMArena German14971141
LMArena Japanese14891037
LMArena Korean14431057
LMArena Russian14801158
LMArena Spanish14691151

Instruction Following Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 75.7 (#56), Mixtral 8x22B: 57.7 (#266)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Instruction Following14371147
IFEval—72.4%

Long Context Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 44.4 (#67), Mixtral 8x22B: 34.7 (#247)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Longer Query14521144

Writing & Preference Gemini 3 Flash Preview leads

Gemini 3 Flash Preview: 65.5 (#45), Mixtral 8x22B: 36.9 (#262)

BenchmarkGemini 3 Flash PreviewMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Text14661162
LMArena Creative Writing14571141
LMArena Multi-Turn14711130
WildBench—71.1%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview better than Mixtral 8x22B?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 52.3 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Mixtral 8x22B?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens; Mixtral 8x22B lists at $2 and $6.

Is Gemini 3 Flash Preview or Mixtral 8x22B better for coding?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.9 versus 24.2 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3 Flash Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 64K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3 Flash Preview and Mixtral 8x22B share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3 Flash Preview has 59 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x22B has 34.

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