# Gemma 2 9B vs Mistral Large 3

> Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-9b-vs-mistral-large-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Large 3 in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Large 3 leads 38.7 to 9.9.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 39.1 |
| Rank | 341 | 176 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.25 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.75 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304)
- Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1173 | 1448 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1230 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309)
- Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1171 | 1429 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 7.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 23% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.83 | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |

## Math

- Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318)
- Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1414 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305)
- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | 1421 |
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 14.5% |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |

## Multimodal

- Gemma 2 9B: —
- Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1221 |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238)
- Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1413 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1447 |
| LMArena French | 1190 | 1455 |
| LMArena German | 1186 | 1437 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | 1394 |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | 1384 |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | 1440 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269)
- Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1403 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233)
- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1413 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281)
- Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1428 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 1386 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | 1412 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 1429 |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 2 9B better than Mistral Large 3?

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemma 2 9B or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?

Mistral Large 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Mistral Large 3 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.