Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Mistral Large 4
Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 0 categories and Mistral Large 4 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Large 4 leads 40.4 to 9.9.
- Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 43.1 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2026-10-06 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1.05M |
| Max output | — | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.68 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.09 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Large 4 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1173 | 1475 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1541 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Reasoning Mistral Large 4 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1171 | 1444 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 27.4% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.83 | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Mistral Large 4 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1488 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Large 4 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | 1447 |
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 20% |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Mistral Large 4 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1415 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1491 |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | 1414 |
| LMArena French | 1190 | — |
| LMArena German | 1186 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 4 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1424 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
Long Context Mistral Large 4 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1429 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 4 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 1424 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Mistral Large 4?
Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 9B or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?
Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Mistral Large 4 share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.