Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Pixtral Large
Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 0 categories and Pixtral Large in 2 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Pixtral Large leads 21.7 to 15.9.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Pixtral Large | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 32.2 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1173 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Reasoning Pixtral Large leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1171 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.83 | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (#305), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | — |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: —, Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1089 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | — |
| LMArena French | 1190 | — |
| LMArena German | 1186 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | — |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | 988 |
| LMArena Text | 1207 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Pixtral Large?
Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Pixtral Large share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.