Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Mistral Small 3.2
Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 0 categories and Mistral Small 3.2 in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 26.8 to 9.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 0.6% for Gemma 2 9B and 30.3% for Mistral Small 3.2.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Small 3.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 25.7 | 30.8 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2025-06-20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 256K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.0938 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 29.0 (#299), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1174 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Reasoning Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.3 (#306), Mistral Small 3.2: 17.5 (#282)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.78 | 131.73 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1172 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.3 (#312), Mistral Small 3.2: 24.9 (#251)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | 30.3% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1183 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#300), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.8 (#249)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | 49.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | — |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 36.8 (#233), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#228), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | — |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.3 (#276), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.1 (#219)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | 1255 |
| 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 Small 3.2?
Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Mistral Small 3.2 share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.