Model comparison
Gemma 3n E4b IT vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Mistral Medium 3.5 leads 51.9 to 43.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 31.5% for Gemma 3n E4b IT and 41.4% for Mistral Medium 3.5.
Side by side
| Gemma 3n E4b IT | Mistral Medium 3.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 37.3 | 40.2 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 210K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198), Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1268 | 1461 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1264 |
Reasoning Gemma 3n E4b IT leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247), Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 31.5% | 41.4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1284 | 1436 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 12.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.35 |
Math Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188), Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1251 | 1431 |
Knowledge Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198), Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1246 | 1432 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3n E4b IT: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1223 |
Multilingual Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183), Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1285 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1309 | 1442 |
| LMArena French | 1330 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1311 | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | 1259 | 1385 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1305 | 1409 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1272 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210), Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1255 | 1415 |
Long Context Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191), Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | 1415 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186), Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3n E4b IT | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1306 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1287 | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1276 | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3n E4b IT better than Mistral Medium 3.5?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 to 37.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 3n E4b IT or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?
Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.0 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3n E4b IT and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.