Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Mistral Small 3
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.9 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 0 categories and Mistral Small 3 in 8 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mistral Small 3 leads 25.0 to 9.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 27.5% for Gemma 2 9B and 47.3% for Mistral Small 3.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Small 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 25.7 | 30.9 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2025-01-30 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 33K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.08 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 29.0 (#299), Mistral Small 3: 36.0 (#203)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | 45.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1174 | 1246 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | 50.4% |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
Reasoning Mistral Small 3 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.3 (#306), Mistral Small 3: 18.2 (#269)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1172 | 1233 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.78 | 127.06 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Mistral Small 3 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.3 (#312), Mistral Small 3: 15.3 (#290)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | 6.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1240 |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Small 3 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#300), Mistral Small 3: 25.0 (#258)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | 47.3% |
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | 1202 |
| Confabulations | — | 25.2% |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
Gemma 2 9B: 36.8 (#233), Mistral Small 3: 37.5 (#231)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1198 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1204 |
| LMArena French | 1189 | 1202 |
| LMArena German | 1186 | 1211 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | 1188 |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | 1216 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Small 3 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.8 (#264), Mistral Small 3: 63.9 (#224)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1214 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
Long Context Mistral Small 3 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#228), Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#206)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1246 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Gemma 2 9B: 32.3 (#276), Mistral Small 3: 32.4 (#275)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1234 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 1195 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | 707 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 1217 |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Mistral Small 3?
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.9 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 9B or Mistral Small 3 better for coding?
Mistral Small 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.0 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Mistral Small 3 share?
22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.