# Gemma 2 27B vs Mistral Medium 3.1

> Mistral Medium 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.5 to 29.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-27b-vs-mistral-medium-3-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium 3.1 leads 55.6 to 44.4.
- Gemma 2 27B is cheaper at $0.65 / $0.65 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2 for Mistral Medium 3.1.
- Mistral Medium 3.1 accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 8K.
- Gemma 2 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.2 | 31.5 |
| Rank | 302 | 260 |
| Context | 8K | 131K |
| Input $/M | $0.65 | $0.40 |
| Output $/M | $0.65 | $2 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Gemma 2 27B: 33.5 (#243)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 36% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1211 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 2 27B: 14.8 (#313)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.1 (#336)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 6.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 20.3% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 28.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1199 | — |
| DTBench | 48% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 47.9% | — |
| LMCA | 7.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.06 | — |
| LiveBench | 38.2% | — |

## Math

- Gemma 2 27B: 10.0 (#306)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 26.5% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1212 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 27.9% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 2 27B: 18.9 (#275)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 36.5% | — |
| Confabulations | 27.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1172 | — |
| MMLU | 75.7% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 2 27B: 38.8 (#221)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1217 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1221 | — |
| LMArena French | 1246 | — |
| LMArena German | 1209 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1174 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1234 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1228 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 2 27B: 60.7 (#244)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 58.1% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1206 | — |

## Long Context

- Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#213)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 2 27B: 44.4 (#220)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.6 (#140)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1231 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1241 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1476 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1224 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 32.6% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 2 27B better than Mistral Medium 3.1?

Mistral Medium 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.5 to 29.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Gemma 2 27B or Mistral Medium 3.1?

Gemma 2 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.65 per million input tokens and $0.65 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.1 lists at $0.40 and $2.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Medium 3.1 does, with 131K tokens against 8K.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.