Model comparison
Gemma 2 2b IT vs Mistral Large
Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Large in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 2 2b IT leads 32.6 to 18.2.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 2b IT | Mistral Large | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 33.1 | 31.9 |
| Released | — | 2024-02-26 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 51 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Large leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), Mistral Large: 34.3 (#240)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mistral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1112 | 1277 |
| SciCode | — | 36.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 30% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 47.1% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 38.3% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 264.7 |
| HumanEval+ | — | 62.2% |
| MBPP+ | — | 59.5% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 2 2b IT: —, Mistral Large: 28.6 (#89)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mistral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 38.4% |
Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), Mistral Large: 15.8 (#310)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mistral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1257 |
| SimpleBench | — | 22.5% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 43.5% |
| DTBench | — | 65.1% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 50.1% |
| LMCA | — | 16.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 128.52 |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.1 |
| LiveBench | — | 48.4% |
Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), Mistral Large: 18.2 (#291)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mistral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1135 | 1262 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.5% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 28.1% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 42.5% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 50.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0.3% |
Knowledge Too close to call
Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), Mistral Large: 30.1 (#230)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mistral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1096 | 1232 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 51.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 59.9% |
| Confabulations | — | 21.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 43.5% |
| MMLU | — | 80% |
Multilingual Mistral Large leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), Mistral Large: 40.0 (#219)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mistral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1121 | 1237 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1132 | 1240 |
| LMArena French | 1157 | 1325 |
| LMArena German | 1114 | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1083 | 1188 |
| LMArena Korean | 1055 | 1202 |
| LMArena Russian | 1118 | 1257 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1140 | 1268 |
Instruction Following Mistral Large leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), Mistral Large: 67.9 (#191)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mistral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1118 | 1249 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 67.9% |
| IFEval | — | 87.7% |
Long Context Mistral Large leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), Mistral Large: 38.3 (#199)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mistral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1130 | 1261 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), Mistral Large: 40.7 (#242)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mistral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1156 | 1266 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1147 | 1243 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1118 | 1260 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 69% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 985 |
| WildBench | — | 80.1% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 39.4% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Mistral Large?
Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.1 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 2b IT or Mistral Large better for coding?
Mistral Large scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.3 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Mistral Large share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large has 51.