Model comparison
Gemma 3 1B vs Mistral Small 3.1
Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 1B scores higher in 0 categories and Mistral Small 3.1 in 3 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mistral Small 3.1 leads 22.6 to 7.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 19.9% for Gemma 3 1B and 41.9% for Mistral Small 3.1.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 1B | Mistral Small 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 20.7 | 31.4 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 102K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.35 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.56 |
| Results tracked | 4 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral Small 3.1: 37.7 (#175)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1309 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: 13.5 (#144), Mistral Small 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 7.2% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Gemma 3 1B: 18.5 (#260), Mistral Small 3.1: 18.9 (#249)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1278 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 127.48 |
Math Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Gemma 3 1B: 9.6 (#310), Mistral Small 3.1: 13.7 (#295)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | 3.9% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 24.8% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1261 |
Knowledge Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Gemma 3 1B: 7.1 (#309), Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#266)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 19.9% | 41.9% |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 61% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 39.2% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1258 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral Small 3.1: 32.6 (#93)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1136 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral Small 3.1: 41.4 (#204)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1254 |
| LMArena French | — | 1270 |
| LMArena German | — | 1266 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1210 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1263 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1283 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral Small 3.1: 63.8 (#225)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 75% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1264 |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#172)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1300 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral Small 3.1: 37.2 (#254)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1278 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1253 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 761 |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1270 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 1B better than Mistral Small 3.1?
Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 20.7 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Mistral Small 3.1 share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.1 has 28.