Model comparison

Gemma 3 4B vs Mistral Small 3.2

Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 28.1 on the Noometry Index. Gemma 3 4B costs 2.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Small 3.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 6 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 4B

Google

28.1

Rank #326 Confirmed

Mistral Small 3.2

Mistral AI

31.2

Rank #280 Confirmed

Summary

They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 4B scores higher in 0 categories and Mistral Small 3.2 in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 26.7 to 11.8.
The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 23.2% for Gemma 3 4B and 49.1% for Mistral Small 3.2.
Gemma 3 4B is cheaper at $0.04 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.0938 / $0.25 for Mistral Small 3.2.
Mistral Small 3.2 accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Gemma 3 4B and Mistral Small 3.2 specifications
	Gemma 3 4B	Mistral Small 3.2
Provider	Google	Mistral AI
Noometry Index	28.1	31.2
Released	2025-03-12	2025-06-20
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	131K	256K
Max output	4K	16K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.04	$0.0938
Output $ / M tokens	$0.08	$0.25
Results tracked	22	6

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 35.9 (#215), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Mistral Small 3.2
LMArena Coding	1230	—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 20.9 (#142), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Mistral Small 3.2
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	19.6%	—

Reasoning Mistral Small 3.2 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 13.2 (#335), Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Mistral Small 3.2
Kagi LLM Benchmark	25.2%	40.4%
Chess Puzzles	0%	1%
Epoch Capabilities Index	116.02	131.74
LMArena Hard Prompts	1253	—
DTBench	50.9%	—
LMCA	2.8%	—

Math Mistral Small 3.2 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 16.8 (#292), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Mistral Small 3.2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	7.5%	30.3%
LMArena Math	1239	—

Knowledge Mistral Small 3.2 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 11.8 (#299), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Mistral Small 3.2
GPQA Diamond	23.2%	49.1%
Vectara Hallucination Rate	6.4%	—
LMArena Expert	1223	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 42.5 (#194), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Mistral Small 3.2
LMArena Non-English	1273	—
LMArena German	1281	—
LMArena Russian	1294	—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 65.2 (#225), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Mistral Small 3.2
LMArena Instruction Following	1239	—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 4B: 38.7 (#194), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Mistral Small 3.2
LMArena Longer Query	1273	—

Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3.2 leads

Gemma 3 4B: 42.0 (#239), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Gemma 3 4B	Mistral Small 3.2
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1068	1255
LMArena Text	1291	—
LMArena Creative Writing	1271	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	1255	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 4B better than Mistral Small 3.2?

Which is cheaper, Gemma 3 4B or Mistral Small 3.2?

Gemma 3 4B is cheaper. It lists at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Mistral Small 3.2 lists at $0.0938 and $0.25.

Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Small 3.2 does, with 256K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 4B and Mistral Small 3.2 share?

6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 4B has 22 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.