# Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Mistral Small 3.1

> Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.7 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-0-pro-vs-mistral-small-3-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and Mistral Small 3.1 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Mistral Small 3.1 leads 41.2 to 33.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 34% for Gemini 1.0 Pro and 41.9% for Mistral Small 3.1.
- Mistral Small 3.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 27.3 | 31.7 |
| Rank | 332 | 269 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.35 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.56 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 32.2 (#275)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 38.3 (#179)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1108 | 1309 |
| HumanEval+ | 55.5% | — |
| MBPP+ | 61.4% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 17.1 (#296)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 19.7 (#254)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1109 | 1278 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 117.04 | 127.48 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| DTBench | 45.9% | — |

## Math

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 9.3 (#321)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 14.7 (#301)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | 3.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1132 | 1262 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 24.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.2% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.6 (#291)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#271)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34% | 41.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1059 | 1257 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 61% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 39.2% |
| MMLU | 70% | — |

## Multimodal

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: —
- Mistral Small 3.1: 33.2 (#99)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1136 |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.4 (#252)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 41.2 (#209)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1138 | 1255 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1124 | 1253 |
| LMArena French | 1145 | 1273 |
| LMArena German | 1125 | 1266 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1023 | 1208 |
| LMArena Russian | 1186 | 1263 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1119 | 1283 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1206 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.6 (#267)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 63.6 (#230)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1114 | 1264 |
| IFEval | — | 75% |

## Long Context

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#249)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#178)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1132 | 1299 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.0 (#264)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 37.0 (#259)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1149 | 1277 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1131 | 1253 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1139 | 1270 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 761 |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 1.0 Pro better than Mistral Small 3.1?

Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.7 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemini 1.0 Pro or Mistral Small 3.1 better for coding?

Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.3 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.0 Pro and Mistral Small 3.1 share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.1 has 28.