Model comparison
Gemma 4 31B IT vs Mistral Large 4
Gemma 4 31B IT and Mistral Large 4 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.5 vs 43.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher in 7 categories and Mistral Large 4 in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Mistral Large 4 leads 48.6 to 42.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 70.6% for Gemma 4 31B IT and 27.4% for Mistral Large 4.
- Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper at $0.09 / $0.34 per million input/output tokens, against $0.68 / $2.09 for Mistral Large 4.
- Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
- Gemma 4 31B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 4 31B IT | Mistral Large 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 43.5 | 43.1 |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2026-10-06 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 33K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.09 | $0.68 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.34 | $2.09 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Large 4 leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 42.3 (#108), Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1366 | 1541 |
| LMArena Coding | 1459 | 1475 |
| SciCode | 43.4% | — |
| WeirdML | 52.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 925.5 | — |
Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 27.2 (#122), Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 70.6% | 27.4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1448 | 1444 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 63.5% | — |
| CritPt | 1.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 53% | — |
| DTBench | 82.7% | — |
| LMCA | 39.3% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 30.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 142.74 | — |
Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 43.2 (#81), Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1465 | 1488 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 73.3% | — |
Knowledge Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#151), Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleQA Verified | 10.4% | 20% |
| LMArena Expert | 1465 | 1447 |
| GPQA Diamond | 75.8% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.6 (#34), Mistral Large 4: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1277 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1425 | — |
Multilingual Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 53.8 (#57), Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1431 | 1415 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1476 | 1491 |
| LMArena Russian | 1460 | 1414 |
| LMArena French | 1435 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1444 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.5 (#61), Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1433 | 1424 |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#71), Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1446 | 1429 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.5 (#96), Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1443 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1415 | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1452 | 1424 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1368 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1120 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 31B IT better than Mistral Large 4?
Gemma 4 31B IT and Mistral Large 4 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.5 vs 43.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 31B IT or Mistral Large 4?
Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.34 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 4 lists at $0.68 and $2.09.
Is Gemma 4 31B IT or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?
Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 42.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 31B IT and Mistral Large 4 share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 31B IT has 35 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.