Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs Mistral Medium 3.1

Mistral Medium 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

Mistral Medium 3.1 Mistral AI

31.9

Rank #266 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemma 3 1B leads 19.2 to 10.6.
  • Gemma 3 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1B and Mistral Medium 3.1 specifications
Gemma 3 1BMistral Medium 3.1
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index21.131.9
Released2025-03-12—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—131K
Max output—105K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$2
Results tracked43

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Category by category

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral Medium 3.1
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard7.2%—

Reasoning Gemma 3 1B leads

Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral Medium 3.1
NYT Connections (extended)—6.5%
Chess Puzzles0%—
Thematic Generalization—20.3%

Math Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral Medium 3.1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral Medium 3.1
GPQA Diamond19.9%—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral Medium 3.1
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1476

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 1B better than Mistral Medium 3.1?

Mistral Medium 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.

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