Model comparison

Gemma 3 4B vs Mistral Medium 3.1

Mistral Medium 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 16× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Medium 3.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 11, 2026. 1 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 4B

Google

28.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Mistral Medium 3.1

Mistral AI

31.9

Rank #266 Reported

Summary

They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemma 3 4B scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Medium 3.1 in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium 3.1 leads 55.5 to 42.0.
Gemma 3 4B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2 for Mistral Medium 3.1.
Gemma 3 4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 3 4B and Mistral Medium 3.1 specifications
	Gemma 3 4B	Mistral Medium 3.1
Provider	Google	Mistral AI
Noometry Index	28.1	31.9
Released	2025-03-12	—
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	131K	131K
Max output	4K	105K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.04	$0.40
Output $ / M tokens	$0.08	$2
Results tracked	22	3

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Coding	1230	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Mistral Medium 3.1
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	19.6%	—

Reasoning Gemma 3 4B leads

Gemma 3 4B: 13.2 (#335), Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Mistral Medium 3.1
Kagi LLM Benchmark	25.2%	—
NYT Connections (extended)	—	6.5%
Chess Puzzles	0%	—
Thematic Generalization	—	20.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts	1253	—
DTBench	50.9%	—
LMCA	2.8%	—
Epoch Capabilities Index	116.02	—

Math Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 16.8 (#292), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Mistral Medium 3.1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	7.5%	—
LMArena Math	1239	—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#299), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Mistral Medium 3.1
GPQA Diamond	23.2%	—
Vectara Hallucination Rate	6.4%	—
LMArena Expert	1223	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Non-English	1273	—
LMArena German	1281	—
LMArena Russian	1294	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 65.2 (#225), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Instruction Following	1239	—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Longer Query	1273	—

Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.1 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239), Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Mistral Medium 3.1
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1068	1476
LMArena Text	1291	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1271	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1255	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 4B better than Mistral Medium 3.1?

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 4B or Mistral Medium 3.1?

Gemma 3 4B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.1 lists at $0.40 and $2.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 131K tokens.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 4B and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemma 3 4B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.