# Gemma 2B vs Pixtral Large

> Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemma-2b-vs-pixtral-large
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Pixtral Large leads 32.9 to 24.0.

## Snapshot

| | Gemma 2B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 32.2 |
| Rank | 307 | 259 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $2 |
| Output $/M | — | $6 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Gemma 2B: 29.4 (#305)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Gemma 2B: 18.8 (#275)
- Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | — |
| 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)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | — |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemma 2B: —
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |

## Multimodal

- Gemma 2B: —
- Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1089 |

## Multilingual

- Gemma 2B: 23.0 (#294)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Gemma 2B: 48.5 (#302)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 970 | — |

## Long Context

- Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#291)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemma 2B: 24.0 (#308)
- Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)

| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 987 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 988 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemma 2B better than Pixtral Large?

Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Pixtral Large share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.