Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs Mistral

Mistral is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B Google

20.7

Rank #348 Reported

Mistral Mistral AI

29.4

Rank #297 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Mistral leads 20.5 to 9.6.
  • Gemma 3 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1B and Mistral specifications
Gemma 3 1BMistral
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index20.729.4
Released2025-03-12—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked422

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral: 33.2 (#249)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral
LMArena Coding—1162

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: 13.5 (#144), Mistral: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard7.2%—

Reasoning Mistral leads

Gemma 3 1B: 18.5 (#260), Mistral: 21.3 (#199)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral
Chess Puzzles0%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1149

Math Mistral leads

Gemma 3 1B: 9.6 (#310), Mistral: 20.5 (#275)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%—
Omni-MATH—7.2%
LMArena Math—1180

Knowledge Mistral leads

Gemma 3 1B: 7.1 (#309), Mistral: 16.3 (#283)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral
GPQA Diamond19.9%—
MMLU-Pro—27.7%
GPQA (HELM)—30.3%
LMArena Expert—1125

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral: 33.0 (#249)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral
LMArena Non-English—1129
LMArena Chinese—1109
LMArena French—1179
LMArena German—1155
LMArena Japanese—1012
LMArena Korean—1032
LMArena Russian—1168
LMArena Spanish—1143

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral: 52.9 (#283)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral
IFEval—56.8%
LMArena Instruction Following—1152

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral: 35.0 (#240)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral
LMArena Longer Query—1154

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral: 37.2 (#255)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral
LMArena Text—1165
LMArena Creative Writing—1158
WildBench—66%
LMArena Multi-Turn—1147

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 1B better than Mistral?

Mistral is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Mistral share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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