Model comparison
Gemma 2 2b IT vs Mistral Medium
Mistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.3 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Medium in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium leads 60.0 to 36.5.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 2b IT | Mistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 33.1 | 36.3 |
| Released | — | 2023-12-11 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 36 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273), Mistral Medium: 34.2 (#243)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1112 | 1434 |
| FrontierCode | — | 8% |
| SciCode | — | 40.2% |
| WeirdML | — | 43.7% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 763.98 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 2 2b IT: —, Mistral Medium: 28.3 (#90)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 37.7% |
Reasoning Mistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224), Mistral Medium: 24.0 (#167)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1426 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| DTBench | — | 75.5% |
| LMCA | — | 26.1% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 26.9% |
Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212), Mistral Medium: 28.1 (#245)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1135 | 1408 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 32.2% |
| ProofBench | — | 9% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 81.6% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0.3% |
Knowledge Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231), Mistral Medium: 25.0 (#265)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1096 | 1408 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 59.5% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 4.5% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 22.7% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 2 2b IT: —, Mistral Medium: 35.3 (#88)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1172 |
Multilingual Mistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257), Mistral Medium: 52.1 (#91)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1121 | 1408 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1132 | 1447 |
| LMArena French | 1157 | 1459 |
| LMArena German | 1114 | 1432 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1083 | 1378 |
| LMArena Korean | 1055 | 1380 |
| LMArena Russian | 1118 | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1140 | 1433 |
Instruction Following Mistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263), Mistral Medium: 73.7 (#116)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1118 | 1398 |
Long Context Mistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250), Mistral Medium: 42.9 (#114)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1130 | 1406 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263), Mistral Medium: 60.0 (#103)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1156 | 1424 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1147 | 1391 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1118 | 1418 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 77.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Mistral Medium?
Mistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.3 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 2b IT or Mistral Medium better for coding?
Mistral Medium scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.2 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Mistral Medium share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium has 36.