Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Mistral Large 3
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Large 3 in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.2 to 32.3.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 25.7 | 38.6 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.75 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Large 3 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 29.0 (#299), Mistral Large 3: 34.1 (#230)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1174 | 1447 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemma 2 9B: 15.3 (#306), Mistral Large 3: 14.6 (#314)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1172 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.78 | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Mistral Large 3 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.3 (#312), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#131)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1415 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Large 3 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#300), Mistral Large 3: 35.5 (#173)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | 1421 |
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.5% |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: —, Mistral Large 3: 37.6 (#65)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1222 |
Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.8 (#233), Mistral Large 3: 52.6 (#79)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1412 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1448 |
| LMArena French | 1189 | 1456 |
| LMArena German | 1186 | 1438 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | 1399 |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | 1384 |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | 1412 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | 1437 |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.8 (#264), Mistral Large 3: 74.1 (#104)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1402 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#228), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#102)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1413 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.3 (#276), Mistral Large 3: 60.2 (#100)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 1385 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | 1412 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 1429 |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Mistral Large 3?
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 9B or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?
Mistral Large 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.1 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Mistral Large 3 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.