Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs Ministral 8B

Ministral 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 27.8 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B

Google

20.7

Rank #348 Reported

Ministral 8B

Mistral AI

27.8

Rank #321 Confirmed

Summary

They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 1B scores higher in 1 category and Ministral 8B in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in math, where Ministral 8B leads 23.7 to 9.6.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 19.9% for Gemma 3 1B and 27.1% for Ministral 8B.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1B and Ministral 8B specifications
	Gemma 3 1B	Ministral 8B
Provider	Google	Mistral AI
Noometry Index	20.7	27.8
Released	2025-03-12	2024-10-01
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	—	128K
Max output	—	128K
Input $ / M tokens	—	$0.10
Output $ / M tokens	—	$0.10
Results tracked	4	17

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Ministral 8B: 34.4 (#226)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Ministral 8B
LMArena Coding	—	1202

Agentic & Tool Use Ministral 8B leads

Gemma 3 1B: 13.5 (#144), Ministral 8B: 16.2 (#140)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Ministral 8B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	7.2%	11.1%

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemma 3 1B: 18.5 (#260), Ministral 8B: 17.7 (#279)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Ministral 8B
Chess Puzzles	0%	—
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1191
DTBench	—	45.7%

Math Ministral 8B leads

Gemma 3 1B: 9.6 (#310), Ministral 8B: 23.7 (#262)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Ministral 8B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	1.1%	—
LMArena Math	—	1188
MATH Level 5	—	14.9%

Knowledge Ministral 8B leads

Gemma 3 1B: 7.1 (#309), Ministral 8B: 12.5 (#292)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Ministral 8B
GPQA Diamond	19.9%	27.1%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	7.4%
LMArena Expert	—	1170

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Ministral 8B: 35.3 (#242)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Ministral 8B
LMArena Non-English	—	1165
LMArena Chinese	—	1193
LMArena Russian	—	1195

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Ministral 8B: 60.7 (#245)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Ministral 8B
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1161

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#222)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Ministral 8B
LMArena Longer Query	—	1212

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Ministral 8B: 39.8 (#241)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Ministral 8B
LMArena Text	—	1191
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1175
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1166

Frequently asked questions

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