Model comparison
Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Mistral Small
Mistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
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 1 category and Mistral Small in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Small leads 52.5 to 25.1.
Side by side
| Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 29.3 | 33.4 |
| Released | — | 2024-02-26 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 256K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.60 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299), Mistral Small: 34.0 (#247)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1034 | 1362 |
| SciCode | — | 26.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 36.1% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 36.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 46.6% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 497.62 |
| HumanEval+ | 17.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 23.3% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —, Mistral Small: 28.1 (#93)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 37.1% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270), Mistral Small: 19.8 (#250)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | 1335 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 37.8% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 44.8% |
| DTBench | — | 70.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 53.7% |
| LMCA | — | 20.6% |
| LiveBench | — | 44% |
Math Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232), Mistral Small: 16.4 (#293)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1047 | 1341 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 5.8% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 39.9% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 46.8% |
Knowledge Mistral Small leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258), Mistral Small: 31.0 (#222)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 970 | 1291 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.1% |
| MMLU | — | 68.7% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —, Mistral Small: 33.5 (#96)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1142 |
Multilingual Mistral Small leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289), Mistral Small: 45.5 (#169)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 988 | 1315 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1012 | 1340 |
| LMArena German | 944 | 1340 |
| LMArena Korean | 899 | 1259 |
| LMArena Russian | 990 | 1324 |
| LMArena French | — | 1337 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1275 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1346 |
Instruction Following Mistral Small leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299), Mistral Small: 66.4 (#209)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 992 | 1310 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 63.7% |
Long Context Mistral Small leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286), Mistral Small: 40.4 (#156)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1003 | 1327 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306), Mistral Small: 52.5 (#171)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1022 | 1338 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 998 | 1305 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 959 | 1344 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 30.5% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Mistral Small?
Mistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or Mistral Small better for coding?
Mistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.0 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Mistral Small share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small has 39.