Model comparison
Gemma 4 31B IT vs Pixtral Large
Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher in 3 categories and Pixtral Large in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Gemma 4 31B IT leads 60.5 to 32.9.
- Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper at $0.09 / $0.34 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Pixtral Large.
- Gemma 4 31B IT accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Gemma 4 31B IT | Pixtral Large | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 43.5 | 32.2 |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 128K |
| Max output | 33K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.09 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.34 | $6 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 4 31B IT: 42.3 (#108), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1366 | — |
| SciCode | 43.4% | — |
| WeirdML | 52.3% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1459 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 925.5 | — |
Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 27.2 (#122), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 63.5% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 70.6% | — |
| CritPt | 1.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 5% | — |
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| Thematic Generalization | 53% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1448 | — |
| DTBench | 82.7% | — |
| LMCA | 39.3% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 30.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 142.74 | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemma 4 31B IT: 43.2 (#81), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 73.3% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1465 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#151), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 75.8% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 10.4% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1465 | — |
Multimodal Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.6 (#34), Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1277 | 1089 |
| LMArena Document | 1425 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 4 31B IT: 53.8 (#57), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1431 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1476 | — |
| LMArena French | 1435 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1460 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1444 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.5 (#61), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1433 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#71), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1446 | — |
Writing & Preference Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.5 (#96), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1368 | 988 |
| LMArena Text | 1443 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1415 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1120 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1452 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 31B IT better than Pixtral Large?
Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.5 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 31B IT or Pixtral Large?
Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.34 per million output tokens; Pixtral Large lists at $2 and $6.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemma 4 31B IT does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 31B IT and Pixtral Large share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 31B IT has 35 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.