Model comparison

Gemma 3n E4b IT vs Mistral Small 3.1

Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3n E4b IT Google

37.3

Rank #206 Confirmed

Mistral Small 3.1 Mistral AI

31.7

Rank #269 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher in 6 categories and Mistral Small 3.1 in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 3n E4b IT leads 35.1 to 14.7.

Side by side

Gemma 3n E4b IT and Mistral Small 3.1 specifications
Gemma 3n E4b ITMistral Small 3.1
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index37.331.7
Released—2025-03-17
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—128K
Max output—102K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.35
Output $ / M tokens—$0.56
Results tracked1828

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Category by category

Coding Mistral Small 3.1 leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198), Mistral Small 3.1: 38.3 (#179)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITMistral Small 3.1
LMArena Coding12681309

Reasoning Too close to call

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247), Mistral Small 3.1: 19.7 (#254)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITMistral Small 3.1
LMArena Hard Prompts12841278
Kagi LLM Benchmark31.5%—
Chess Puzzles—1%
Epoch Capabilities Index—127.48

Math Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188), Mistral Small 3.1: 14.7 (#301)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITMistral Small 3.1
LMArena Math12511262
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—3.9%
Omni-MATH—24.8%

Knowledge Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198), Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#271)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITMistral Small 3.1
LMArena Expert12461257
GPQA Diamond—41.9%
MMLU-Pro—61%
GPQA (HELM)—39.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: —, Mistral Small 3.1: 33.2 (#99)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITMistral Small 3.1
LMArena Vision—1136

Multilingual Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183), Mistral Small 3.1: 41.2 (#209)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITMistral Small 3.1
LMArena Non-English12851255
LMArena Chinese13091253
LMArena French13301273
LMArena German13111266
LMArena Japanese12721208
LMArena Korean12591206
LMArena Russian12881263
LMArena Spanish13051283

Instruction Following Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210), Mistral Small 3.1: 63.6 (#230)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITMistral Small 3.1
LMArena Instruction Following12551264
IFEval—75%

Long Context Too close to call

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191), Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#178)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITMistral Small 3.1
LMArena Longer Query12761299

Writing & Preference Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186), Mistral Small 3.1: 37.0 (#259)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITMistral Small 3.1
LMArena Text13061277
LMArena Creative Writing12871253
LMArena Multi-Turn12761270
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—761
WildBench—78.8%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT better than Mistral Small 3.1?

Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT or Mistral Small 3.1 better for coding?

Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.3 versus 37.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3n E4b IT and Mistral Small 3.1 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.1 has 28.

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