Model comparison
Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Mistral
Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Mistral score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.3 vs 29.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral leads 37.0 to 25.1.
- Gemma 1.1 2b IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mistral | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 29.3 | 29.9 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 16 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1034 | 1162 |
| HumanEval+ | 17.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 23.3% | — |
Reasoning Mistral leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | 1149 |
Math Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1047 | 1180 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |
Knowledge Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 970 | 1125 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |
Multilingual Mistral leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 988 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1012 | 1109 |
| LMArena German | 944 | 1155 |
| LMArena Korean | 899 | 1032 |
| LMArena Russian | 990 | 1168 |
| LMArena French | — | 1180 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1013 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1143 |
Instruction Following Mistral leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 992 | 1152 |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |
Long Context Mistral leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1003 | 1153 |
Writing & Preference Mistral leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1022 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 998 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 959 | 1147 |
| WildBench | — | 66% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Mistral?
Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Mistral score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.3 vs 29.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or Mistral better for coding?
Mistral scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.8 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Mistral share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.