Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs Mistral Large 3

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 11, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B

Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

Mistral Large 3

Mistral AI

39.1

Rank #176 Confirmed

Summary

The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mistral Large 3 leads 36.0 to 7.0.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1B and Mistral Large 3 specifications
	Gemma 3 1B	Mistral Large 3
Provider	Google	Mistral AI
Noometry Index	21.1	39.1
Released	2025-03-12	2025-12-02
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	—	262K
Max output	—	8K
Input $ / M tokens	—	$0.25
Output $ / M tokens	—	$0.75
Results tracked	4	24

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Mistral Large 3
LMArena WebDev	—	1230
LMArena Coding	—	1448

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), Mistral Large 3: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Mistral Large 3
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	7.2%	—

Reasoning Gemma 3 1B leads

Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Mistral Large 3
Kagi LLM Benchmark	—	50.9%
NYT Connections (extended)	—	7.5%
Chess Puzzles	0%	—
Thematic Generalization	—	23%
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1429

Math Mistral Large 3 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Mistral Large 3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	1.1%	—
LMArena Math	—	1414

Knowledge Mistral Large 3 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Mistral Large 3
GPQA Diamond	19.9%	—
Vectara Hallucination Rate	—	14.5%
LMArena Expert	—	1421

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Vision	—	1221

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Non-English	—	1413
LMArena Chinese	—	1447
LMArena French	—	1455
LMArena German	—	1437
LMArena Japanese	—	1394
LMArena Korean	—	1384
LMArena Russian	—	1411
LMArena Spanish	—	1440

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1403

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Longer Query	—	1413

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Mistral Large 3
LMArena Text	—	1428
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1386
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	—	1412
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1429

Frequently asked questions

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