# Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Mistral Large 3

> Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-2-0-flash-lite-vs-mistral-large-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 7 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.0 to 51.7.
- Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 37.8 | 39.1 |
| Rank | 194 | 176 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.25 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.75 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185)
- Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1448 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |
| LiveBench Coding | 47.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210)
- Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1324 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 50.1% | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65.5% | — |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |

## Math

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196)
- Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1309 | 1414 |
| Omni-MATH | 37.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 58.1% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189)
- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1305 | 1421 |
| MMLU-Pro | 72% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.5% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50% | — |

## Multimodal

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109)
- Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1100 | 1221 |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161)
- Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1323 | 1413 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1339 | 1447 |
| LMArena French | 1347 | 1455 |
| LMArena German | 1306 | 1437 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1301 | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | 1325 | 1384 |
| LMArena Russian | 1328 | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1313 | 1440 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163)
- Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1305 | 1403 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 78.3% | — |
| IFEval | 82.4% | — |

## Long Context

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160)
- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1320 | 1413 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177)
- Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1330 | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1386 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1307 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1412 |
| WildBench | 79% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 34.3% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Mistral Large 3 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.