# Gemma 2B vs Mistral Small 3

> Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2b-vs-mistral-small-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Small 3 in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Mistral Small 3 leads 63.7 to 48.5.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 2B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 31.2 |
| Rank | 307 | 278 |
| Context | — | 33K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.05 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.08 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305)
- Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | 1246 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.4% |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275)
- Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | 1233 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 94.2 | 127.07 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |

## Math

- Gemma 2B: 30.0 (#239)
- Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | 1240 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 6.7% |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 2B: —
- Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 25.2% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1202 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294)
- Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | 1198 |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | 1204 |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | 1216 |
| LMArena French | — | 1203 |
| LMArena German | — | 1211 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1188 |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302)
- Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 970 | 1214 |

## Long Context

- Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291)
- Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | 1246 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308)
- Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | 1234 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 987 | 1195 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | 1217 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 707 |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 2B better than Mistral Small 3?

Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

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

Mistral Small 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.5 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

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

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.