Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs Mistral Small 3

Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 11, 2026. 3 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B

Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

Mistral Small 3

Mistral AI

31.2

Rank #278 Confirmed

Summary

They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 1B scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Small 3 in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mistral Small 3 leads 25.1 to 7.0.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 19.9% for Gemma 3 1B and 47.3% for Mistral Small 3.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1B and Mistral Small 3 specifications
	Gemma 3 1B	Mistral Small 3
Provider	Google	Mistral AI
Noometry Index	21.1	31.2
Released	2025-03-12	2025-01-30
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	—	33K
Max output	—	16K
Input $ / M tokens	—	$0.05
Output $ / M tokens	—	$0.08
Results tracked	4	24

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Mistral Small 3
BigCodeBench Instruct	—	45.3%
LMArena Coding	—	1246
BigCodeBench Complete	—	50.4%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

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

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

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Mistral Small 3
Chess Puzzles	0%	0%
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1233
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	127.07

Math Mistral Small 3 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Mistral Small 3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	1.1%	6.7%
LMArena Math	—	1240

Knowledge Mistral Small 3 leads

Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Mistral Small 3
GPQA Diamond	19.9%	47.3%
Confabulations	—	25.2%
LMArena Expert	—	1202

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Mistral Small 3
LMArena Non-English	—	1198
LMArena Chinese	—	1204
LMArena French	—	1203
LMArena German	—	1211
LMArena Japanese	—	1111
LMArena Korean	—	1188
LMArena Russian	—	1216

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Mistral Small 3
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1214

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Mistral Small 3
LMArena Longer Query	—	1246

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 1B	Mistral Small 3
LMArena Text	—	1234
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1195
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	—	707
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1217

Frequently asked questions

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