# Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Mistral Small 3.1

> Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-2-0-flash-lite-vs-mistral-small-3-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 23

## Summary

- They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite scores higher in 7 categories and Mistral Small 3.1 in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite leads 34.1 to 14.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Omni-MATH: 37.4% for Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and 24.8% for Mistral Small 3.1.
- Mistral Small 3.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 37.8 | 31.7 |
| Rank | 194 | 269 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.35 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.56 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 37.9 (#185)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 38.3 (#179)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1322 | 1309 |
| LiveBench Coding | 47.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 22.0 (#210)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 19.7 (#254)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1324 | 1278 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 50.1% | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 65.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 127.48 |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |

## Math

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 34.1 (#196)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 14.7 (#301)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 37.4% | 24.8% |
| LMArena Math | 1309 | 1262 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 3.9% |
| LiveBench Math | 58.1% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 35.0 (#189)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#271)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 72% | 61% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50% | 39.2% |
| LMArena Expert | 1305 | 1257 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 41.9% |

## Multimodal

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 31.2 (#109)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 33.2 (#99)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1100 | 1136 |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 46.0 (#161)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 41.2 (#209)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1323 | 1255 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1339 | 1253 |
| LMArena French | 1347 | 1273 |
| LMArena German | 1306 | 1266 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1301 | 1208 |
| LMArena Korean | 1325 | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | 1328 | 1263 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1313 | 1283 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 70.4 (#163)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 63.6 (#230)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 82.4% | 75% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1305 | 1264 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 78.3% | — |

## Long Context

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 40.1 (#160)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#178)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1320 | 1299 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: 51.7 (#177)
- Mistral Small 3.1: 37.0 (#259)

| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1330 | 1277 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1253 |
| WildBench | 79% | 78.8% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1307 | 1270 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 761 |
| LiveBench Language | 34.3% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite better than Mistral Small 3.1?

Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.8 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Mistral Small 3.1 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (37.9 vs 38.3); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Mistral Small 3.1 share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has 32 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.1 has 28.