# Gemma 2 9B vs Mistral

> Mistral is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2-9b-vs-mistral
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 3 categories and Mistral in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Mistral leads 20.5 to 9.3.
- Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 25.7 | 29.4 |
| Rank | 334 | 297 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Gemma 2 9B: 29.0 (#299)
- Mistral: 33.2 (#249)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1174 | 1162 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 2 9B: 15.3 (#306)
- Mistral: 21.3 (#199)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1172 | 1149 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.78 | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |

## Math

- Gemma 2 9B: 9.3 (#312)
- Mistral: 20.5 (#275)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1180 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#300)
- Mistral: 16.3 (#283)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | 1125 |
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 2 9B: 36.8 (#233)
- Mistral: 33.0 (#249)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1109 |
| LMArena French | 1189 | 1179 |
| LMArena German | 1186 | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | 1012 |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | 1032 |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | 1143 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 2 9B: 57.8 (#264)
- Mistral: 52.9 (#283)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1152 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |

## Long Context

- Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#228)
- Mistral: 35.0 (#240)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1154 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 2 9B: 32.3 (#276)
- Mistral: 37.2 (#255)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 1147 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |
| WildBench | — | 66% |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |

## FAQ

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

Mistral is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 25.7 on the Noometry Index.

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

Mistral scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.2 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

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

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.