Model comparison
Gemma 2 27B vs Mistral Small 3.1
Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.7 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Small 3.1 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 2 27B leads 44.2 to 37.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 36.5% for Gemma 2 27B and 41.9% for Mistral Small 3.1.
- Mistral Small 3.1 is cheaper at $0.35 / $0.56 per million input/output tokens, against $0.65 / $0.65 for Gemma 2 27B.
- Mistral Small 3.1 accepts more context: 128K tokens versus 8K.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Small 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 31.7 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 8K | 128K |
| Max output | 2K | 102K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.65 | $0.35 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.65 | $0.56 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246), Mistral Small 3.1: 38.3 (#179)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1211 | 1309 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 36% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | — |
Reasoning Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315), Mistral Small 3.1: 19.7 (#254)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1198 | 1278 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.08 | 127.48 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 28.1% | — |
| DTBench | 48% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 47.9% | — |
| LMCA | 7.1% | — |
| LiveBench | 38.2% | — |
Math Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311), Mistral Small 3.1: 14.7 (#301)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1212 | 1262 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 24.8% |
| LiveBench Math | 26.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 27.9% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280), Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#271)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 36.5% | 41.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1172 | 1257 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 61% |
| Confabulations | 27.1% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 39.2% |
| MMLU | 75.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 2 27B: —, Mistral Small 3.1: 33.2 (#99)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1136 |
Multilingual Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226), Mistral Small 3.1: 41.2 (#209)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1217 | 1255 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1221 | 1253 |
| LMArena French | 1247 | 1273 |
| LMArena German | 1209 | 1266 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | 1208 |
| LMArena Korean | 1174 | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | 1234 | 1263 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1228 | 1283 |
Instruction Following Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249), Mistral Small 3.1: 63.6 (#230)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1206 | 1264 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 58.1% | — |
| IFEval | — | 75% |
Long Context Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218), Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#178)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | 1299 |
Writing & Preference Gemma 2 27B leads
Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225), Mistral Small 3.1: 37.0 (#259)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1231 | 1277 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1241 | 1253 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1224 | 1270 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 761 |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |
| LiveBench Language | 32.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 27B better than Mistral Small 3.1?
Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.7 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 2 27B or Mistral Small 3.1?
Mistral Small 3.1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.35 per million input tokens and $0.56 per million output tokens; Gemma 2 27B lists at $0.65 and $0.65.
Is Gemma 2 27B or Mistral Small 3.1 better for coding?
Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.3 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Mistral Small 3.1 does, with 128K tokens against 8K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and Mistral Small 3.1 share?
20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.1 has 28.