# Gemma 2 9B vs Mistral 7B

> Gemma 2 9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 25.9 to 23.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-9b-vs-mistral-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 26

## Summary

- They share 26 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral 7B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Gemma 2 9B leads 36.6 to 25.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 21% for Gemma 2 9B and 3.7% for Mistral 7B.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 23.0 |
| Rank | 341 | 351 |
| Context | — | 8K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.25 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.25 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304)
- Mistral 7B: 26.4 (#326)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | 19.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1173 | 1082 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | 27.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| HumanEval+ | — | 36% |
| MBPP+ | — | 42.1% |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309)
- Mistral 7B: 13.1 (#336)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1171 | 1067 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.83 | 112.21 |
| PIQA | 83.7% | 83% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| DTBench | — | 42.5% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 47.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 56.1% |
| HellaSwag | — | 81% |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 75.3% |

## Math

- Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318)
- Mistral 7B: 8.1 (#325)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | 0.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1085 |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | 3.7% |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | 54.4% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305)
- Mistral 7B: 7.4 (#311)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | 15.2% |
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | 1036 |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | 87.4% |
| MMLU | 72.1% | 62.5% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 78.6% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 79.8% |
| TriviaQA | — | 75.2% |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238)
- Mistral 7B: 25.8 (#283)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1012 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1009 |
| LMArena French | 1190 | 1037 |
| LMArena German | 1186 | 987 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | 878 |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | 1018 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | 1026 |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269)
- Mistral 7B: 54.2 (#280)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1060 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233)
- Mistral 7B: 32.2 (#271)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1060 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281)
- Mistral 7B: 30.7 (#286)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral 7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1090 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 1068 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 1062 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 2 9B better than Mistral 7B?

Gemma 2 9B is the stronger model overall, scoring 25.9 to 23.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemma 2 9B or Mistral 7B better for coding?

Gemma 2 9B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 29.4 versus 26.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Mistral 7B share?

26 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Mistral 7B has 37.