# Gemini 1.0 Pro vs Mistral Small

> Mistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-0-pro-vs-mistral-small
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 21

## Summary

- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.0 Pro scores higher in 0 categories and Mistral Small in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Small leads 52.5 to 36.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 11.2% for Gemini 1.0 Pro and 46.8% for Mistral Small.
- Mistral Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 27.3 | 33.4 |
| Rank | 332 | 243 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.15 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.60 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 32.2 (#275)
- Mistral Small: 34.0 (#247)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1108 | 1362 |
| SciCode | — | 26.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 36.1% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 36.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 46.6% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 497.62 |
| HumanEval+ | 55.5% | — |
| MBPP+ | 61.4% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: —
- Mistral Small: 28.1 (#93)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 37.1% |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 17.1 (#296)
- Mistral Small: 19.8 (#250)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1109 | 1335 |
| DTBench | 45.9% | 70.9% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 37.8% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 44.8% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 53.7% |
| LMCA | — | 20.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 117.04 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 44% |

## Math

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 9.3 (#321)
- Mistral Small: 16.4 (#293)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | 5.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1132 | 1341 |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.2% | 46.8% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 39.9% |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 15.6 (#291)
- Mistral Small: 31.0 (#222)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34% | 47.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1059 | 1291 |
| MMLU | 70% | 68.7% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.1% |

## Multimodal

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: —
- Mistral Small: 33.5 (#96)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1142 |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 33.4 (#252)
- Mistral Small: 45.5 (#169)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1138 | 1315 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1124 | 1340 |
| LMArena French | 1145 | 1337 |
| LMArena German | 1125 | 1340 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1023 | 1275 |
| LMArena Russian | 1186 | 1324 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1119 | 1346 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1259 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 57.6 (#267)
- Mistral Small: 66.4 (#209)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1114 | 1310 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 63.7% |

## Long Context

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 34.3 (#249)
- Mistral Small: 40.4 (#156)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1132 | 1327 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 1.0 Pro: 36.0 (#264)
- Mistral Small: 52.5 (#171)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.0 Pro | Mistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1149 | 1338 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1131 | 1305 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1139 | 1344 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 30.5% |

## FAQ

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

Mistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 27.3 on the Noometry Index.

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

Mistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.0 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.

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

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.0 Pro has 24 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small has 39.