# Gemma 2B vs Ministral 8B

> Gemma 2B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.6 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2b-vs-ministral-8b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 11

## Summary

- They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 2 categories and Ministral 8B in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Ministral 8B leads 39.6 to 24.0.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 2B | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 28.2 |
| Rank | 307 | 325 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.15 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305)
- Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | 1202 |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemma 2B: —
- Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 11.1% |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275)
- Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | 1191 |
| DTBench | — | 45.7% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 94.2 | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |

## Math

- Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239)
- Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | 1188 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 14.9% |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 2B: —
- Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 27.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 7.4% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1170 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294)
- Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | 1165 |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | 1193 |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | 1195 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302)
- Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 970 | 1161 |

## Long Context

- Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291)
- Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | 1212 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308)
- Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Ministral 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | 1191 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 987 | 1175 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | 1166 |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 2B better than Ministral 8B?

Gemma 2B is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.6 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemma 2B or Ministral 8B better for coding?

Ministral 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.0 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Ministral 8B share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Ministral 8B has 17.