Model comparison

Gemma 4 31B IT vs Mistral Large 3

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 31B IT Google

43.5

Rank #90 Confirmed

Mistral Large 3 Mistral AI

39.1

Rank #176 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher in 9 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemma 4 31B IT leads 27.2 to 15.2.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 70.6% for Gemma 4 31B IT and 7.5% for Mistral Large 3.
  • Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper at $0.09 / $0.34 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.75 for Mistral Large 3.

Side by side

Gemma 4 31B IT and Mistral Large 3 specifications
Gemma 4 31B ITMistral Large 3
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index43.539.1
Released2026-04-022025-12-02
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K262K
Max output33K8K
Input $ / M tokens$0.09$0.25
Output $ / M tokens$0.34$0.75
Results tracked3524

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Category by category

Coding Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 42.3 (#108), Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITMistral Large 3
LMArena WebDev13661230
LMArena Coding14591448
SciCode43.4%—
WeirdML52.3%—
ALE-Bench925.5—

Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 27.2 (#122), Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITMistral Large 3
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.5%50.9%
NYT Connections (extended)70.6%7.5%
Thematic Generalization53%23%
LMArena Hard Prompts14481429
CritPt1.4%—
Chess Puzzles5%—
DTBench82.7%—
LMCA39.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench30.6%—
Epoch Capabilities Index142.74—

Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 43.2 (#81), Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITMistral Large 3
LMArena Math14651414
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.3%—

Knowledge Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#151), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITMistral Large 3
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.4%14.5%
LMArena Expert14651421
GPQA Diamond75.8%—
SimpleQA Verified10.4%—

Multimodal Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.6 (#34), Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITMistral Large 3
LMArena Vision12771221
LMArena Document1425—

Multilingual Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 53.8 (#57), Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITMistral Large 3
LMArena Non-English14311413
LMArena Chinese14761447
LMArena French14351455
LMArena Russian14601411
LMArena Spanish14441440
LMArena German—1437
LMArena Japanese—1394
LMArena Korean—1384

Instruction Following Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.5 (#61), Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITMistral Large 3
LMArena Instruction Following14331403

Long Context Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#71), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITMistral Large 3
LMArena Longer Query14461413

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.5 (#96), Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITMistral Large 3
LMArena Text14431428
LMArena Creative Writing14151386
EQ-Bench Creative Writing13681412
LMArena Multi-Turn14521429
EQ-Bench 41120—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 31B IT better than Mistral Large 3?

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 31B IT or Mistral Large 3?

Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.34 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 3 lists at $0.25 and $0.75.

Is Gemma 4 31B IT or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.3 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 262K tokens.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 31B IT and Mistral Large 3 share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 31B IT has 35 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.

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