Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Mistral Small 3.1

Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

28.8

Rank #313 Confirmed

Mistral Small 3.1 Mistral AI

31.4

Rank #263 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 2b IT scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Small 3.1 in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in multilingual, where Mistral Small 3.1 leads 41.4 to 24.7.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Mistral Small 3.1 specifications
Gemma 1.1 2b ITMistral Small 3.1
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index28.831.4
Released—2025-03-17
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—128K
Max output—102K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.35
Output $ / M tokens—$0.56
Results tracked1628

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Category by category

Coding Mistral Small 3.1 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 29.6 (#294), Mistral Small 3.1: 37.7 (#175)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMistral Small 3.1
LMArena Coding10341309
HumanEval+17.7%—
MBPP+23.3%—

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 18.2 (#268), Mistral Small 3.1: 18.9 (#249)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMistral Small 3.1
LMArena Hard Prompts10051278
Chess Puzzles—1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—127.48

Math Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 28.3 (#230), Mistral Small 3.1: 13.7 (#295)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMistral Small 3.1
LMArena Math10471261
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—3.9%
Omni-MATH—24.8%

Knowledge Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.0 (#255), Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#266)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMistral Small 3.1
LMArena Expert9701258
GPQA Diamond—41.9%
MMLU-Pro—61%
GPQA (HELM)—39.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: —, Mistral Small 3.1: 32.6 (#93)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMistral Small 3.1
LMArena Vision—1136

Multilingual Mistral Small 3.1 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.7 (#284), Mistral Small 3.1: 41.4 (#204)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMistral Small 3.1
LMArena Non-English9881255
LMArena Chinese10111254
LMArena German9441266
LMArena Korean8991206
LMArena Russian9901263
LMArena French—1270
LMArena Japanese—1210
LMArena Spanish—1283

Instruction Following Mistral Small 3.1 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 50.1 (#294), Mistral Small 3.1: 63.8 (#225)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMistral Small 3.1
LMArena Instruction Following9921264
IFEval—75%

Long Context Mistral Small 3.1 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.5 (#281), Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#172)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMistral Small 3.1
LMArena Longer Query10031300

Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3.1 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.3 (#301), Mistral Small 3.1: 37.2 (#254)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMistral Small 3.1
LMArena Text10221278
LMArena Creative Writing9981253
LMArena Multi-Turn9581270
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—761
WildBench—78.8%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Mistral Small 3.1?

Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or Mistral Small 3.1 better for coding?

Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.7 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Mistral Small 3.1 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.1 has 28.

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