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Model comparison

Gemma 4 31B IT vs Mistral Small 3.2

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 4 31B IT Google

43.5

Rank #90 Confirmed

Mistral Small 3.2 Mistral AI

31.2

Rank #280 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 31B 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 4 31B IT leads 43.2 to 26.3.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 73.3% for Gemma 4 31B IT and 30.3% for Mistral Small 3.2.
  • Mistral Small 3.2 is cheaper at $0.0938 / $0.25 per million input/output tokens, against $0.09 / $0.34 for Gemma 4 31B IT.
  • Gemma 4 31B IT accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 256K.

Side by side

Gemma 4 31B ITMistral Small 3.2
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index43.531.2
Released2026-04-022025-06-20
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window262K256K
Max output33K16K
Input $ / M tokens$0.09$0.0938
Output $ / M tokens$0.34$0.25
Results tracked356

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 42.3 (#108), Mistral Small 3.2: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITMistral Small 3.2
LMArena WebDev1366—
SciCode43.4%—
WeirdML52.3%—
LMArena Coding1459—
ALE-Bench925.5—

Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 27.2 (#122), Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITMistral Small 3.2
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.5%40.4%
Chess Puzzles5%1%
Epoch Capabilities Index142.74131.74
NYT Connections (extended)70.6%—
CritPt1.4%—
Thematic Generalization53%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1448—
DTBench82.7%—
LMCA39.3%—
Surface Evolver Bench30.6%—

Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 43.2 (#81), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITMistral Small 3.2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202573.3%30.3%
LMArena Math1465—

Knowledge Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#151), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITMistral Small 3.2
GPQA Diamond75.8%49.1%
SimpleQA Verified10.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7.4%—
LMArena Expert1465—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.6 (#34), Mistral Small 3.2: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Vision1277—
LMArena Document1425—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 53.8 (#57), Mistral Small 3.2: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Non-English1431—
LMArena Chinese1476—
LMArena French1435—
LMArena Russian1460—
LMArena Spanish1444—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.5 (#61), Mistral Small 3.2: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Instruction Following1433—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#71), Mistral Small 3.2: —

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Longer Query1446—

Writing & Preference Gemma 4 31B IT leads

Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.5 (#96), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)

BenchmarkGemma 4 31B ITMistral Small 3.2
EQ-Bench Creative Writing13681255
LMArena Text1443—
LMArena Creative Writing1415—
EQ-Bench 41120—
LMArena Multi-Turn1452—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 4 31B IT better than Mistral Small 3.2?

Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 31B IT or Mistral Small 3.2?

Mistral Small 3.2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.0938 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; Gemma 4 31B IT lists at $0.09 and $0.34.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemma 4 31B IT does, with 262K tokens against 256K.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 31B IT and Mistral Small 3.2 share?

6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 31B IT has 35 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.

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