Model comparison

Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Mistral Small 3.2

Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 1.1 2b IT Google

29.3

Rank #313 Confirmed

Mistral Small 3.2 Mistral AI

31.2

Rank #280 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 45.0 to 25.1.

Side by side

Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Mistral Small 3.2 specifications
Gemma 1.1 2b ITMistral Small 3.2
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index29.331.2
Released—2025-06-20
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—256K
Max output—16K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.0938
Output $ / M tokens—$0.25
Results tracked166

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.1 (#299), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Coding1034—
HumanEval+17.7%—
MBPP+23.3%—

Reasoning Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 19.1 (#270), Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMistral Small 3.2
Kagi LLM Benchmark—40.4%
Chess Puzzles—1%
LMArena Hard Prompts1005—
Epoch Capabilities Index—131.74

Math Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.8 (#232), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMistral Small 3.2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—30.3%
LMArena Math1047—

Knowledge Too close to call

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.5 (#258), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMistral Small 3.2
GPQA Diamond—49.1%
LMArena Expert970—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.6 (#289), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Non-English988—
LMArena Chinese1012—
LMArena German944—
LMArena Korean899—
LMArena Russian990—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 49.9 (#299), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Instruction Following992—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.6 (#286), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Longer Query1003—

Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3.2 leads

Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.1 (#306), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 1.1 2b ITMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Text1022—
LMArena Creative Writing998—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1255
LMArena Multi-Turn959—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Mistral Small 3.2?

Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Mistral Small 3.2 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.

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