Model comparison

Gemma 3n E4b IT vs Mistral Small 3.2

Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3n E4b IT Google

37.3

Rank #206 Confirmed

Mistral Small 3.2 Mistral AI

31.2

Rank #280 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Gemma 3n E4b IT scores higher in 4 categories and Mistral Small 3.2 in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 3n E4b IT leads 35.1 to 26.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 31.5% for Gemma 3n E4b IT and 40.4% for Mistral Small 3.2.

Side by side

Gemma 3n E4b IT and Mistral Small 3.2 specifications
Gemma 3n E4b ITMistral Small 3.2
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index37.331.2
Released—2025-06-20
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—256K
Max output—16K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.0938
Output $ / M tokens—$0.25
Results tracked186

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 37.0 (#198), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Coding1268—

Reasoning Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 19.9 (#247), Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITMistral Small 3.2
Kagi LLM Benchmark31.5%40.4%
Chess Puzzles—1%
LMArena Hard Prompts1284—
Epoch Capabilities Index—131.74

Math Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 35.1 (#188), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITMistral Small 3.2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—30.3%
LMArena Math1251—

Knowledge Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 34.2 (#198), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITMistral Small 3.2
GPQA Diamond—49.1%
LMArena Expert1246—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 43.4 (#183), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Non-English1285—
LMArena Chinese1309—
LMArena French1330—
LMArena German1311—
LMArena Japanese1272—
LMArena Korean1259—
LMArena Russian1288—
LMArena Spanish1305—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 66.1 (#210), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Instruction Following1255—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 38.7 (#191), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Longer Query1276—

Writing & Preference Gemma 3n E4b IT leads

Gemma 3n E4b IT: 50.1 (#186), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3n E4b ITMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Text1306—
LMArena Creative Writing1287—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1255
LMArena Multi-Turn1276—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3n E4b IT better than Mistral Small 3.2?

Gemma 3n E4b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.3 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3n E4b IT and Mistral Small 3.2 share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Gemma 3n E4b IT has 18 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.

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