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Model comparison

Gemma 3 4B vs Mistral Large 4

Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 21× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 4B Google

28.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Mistral Large 4 Mistral AI

43.1

Rank #99 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 4B scores higher in 0 categories and Mistral Large 4 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mistral Large 4 leads 36.6 to 11.8.
  • Gemma 3 4B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.68 / $2.09 for Mistral Large 4.
  • Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
  • Gemma 3 4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 3 4BMistral Large 4
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index28.143.1
Released2025-03-122026-10-06
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window131K1.05M
Max output4K262K
Input $ / M tokens$0.04$0.68
Output $ / M tokens$0.08$2.09
Results tracked2215

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Category by category

Coding Mistral Large 4 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215), Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BMistral Large 4
LMArena Coding12301475
LMArena WebDev—1541

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142), Mistral Large 4: —

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BMistral Large 4
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard19.6%—

Reasoning Mistral Large 4 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 13.2 (#335), Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BMistral Large 4
LMArena Hard Prompts12531444
Kagi LLM Benchmark25.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)—27.4%
Chess Puzzles0%—
DTBench50.9%—
LMCA2.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index116.02—

Math Mistral Large 4 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 16.8 (#292), Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BMistral Large 4
LMArena Math12391488
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20257.5%—

Knowledge Mistral Large 4 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#299), Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BMistral Large 4
LMArena Expert12231447
GPQA Diamond23.2%—
SimpleQA Verified—20%
Vectara Hallucination Rate6.4%—

Multilingual Mistral Large 4 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194), Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BMistral Large 4
LMArena Non-English12731415
LMArena Russian12941414
LMArena Chinese—1491
LMArena German1281—

Instruction Following Mistral Large 4 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 65.2 (#225), Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BMistral Large 4
LMArena Instruction Following12391424

Long Context Mistral Large 4 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194), Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BMistral Large 4
LMArena Longer Query12731429

Writing & Preference Mistral Large 4 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239), Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)

BenchmarkGemma 3 4BMistral Large 4
LMArena Text12911427
LMArena Creative Writing12711361
LMArena Multi-Turn12551424
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1068—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 4B better than Mistral Large 4?

Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 21× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 4B or Mistral Large 4?

Gemma 3 4B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 4 lists at $0.68 and $2.09.

Is Gemma 3 4B or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?

Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 35.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 4B and Mistral Large 4 share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 4B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.

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