Model comparison
Gemma 2B vs Mistral Small 3.2
Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Small 3.2 in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 45.0 to 24.0.
Side by side
| Gemma 2B | Mistral Small 3.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | 2025-06-20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 256K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.0938 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Results tracked | 23 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275), Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 94.2 | 131.74 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |
Math Gemma 2B leads
Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1009 | — |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 970 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | — |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 987 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2B better than Mistral Small 3.2?
Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Mistral Small 3.2 share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.