Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Mistral
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Mistral score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.9 vs 29.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 5 categories and Mistral in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads 62.8 to 52.6.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 29.9 |
| Released | 2024-10-03 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1162 |
Reasoning Mistral leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1209 | 1149 |
| DTBench | 50% | — |
Math Mistral leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1207 | 1180 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.6% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |
Knowledge Too close to call
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1185 | 1125 |
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), Mistral: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1044 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1215 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1231 | 1109 |
| LMArena French | 1234 | 1180 |
| LMArena German | 1206 | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1150 | 1013 |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | 1032 |
| LMArena Russian | 1236 | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1212 | 1143 |
Instruction Following Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1152 |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |
Long Context Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | 1153 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1226 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1218 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1185 | 1147 |
| WildBench | — | 66% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Mistral?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Mistral score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.9 vs 29.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Mistral better for coding?
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Mistral share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.