Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Mistral Medium 3.1
Mistral Medium 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.5 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Medium 3.1 in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium 3.1 leads 55.6 to 32.3.
- Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Medium 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 25.7 | 31.5 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 105K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 29.0 (#299), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1174 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.3 (#306), Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.1 (#336)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 6.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 20.3% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1172 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.78 | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 9.3 (#312), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1183 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#300), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | — |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 36.8 (#233), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | — |
| LMArena French | 1189 | — |
| LMArena German | 1186 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 57.8 (#264), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#228), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | — |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.1 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.3 (#276), Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.6 (#140)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | 1476 |
| LMArena Text | 1207 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Mistral Medium 3.1?
Mistral Medium 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.5 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.