Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Pro vs Mistral Small 3.1

Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Pro Google

39.1

Rank #173 Confirmed

Mistral Small 3.1 Mistral AI

31.7

Rank #269 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher in 5 categories and Mistral Small 3.1 in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 2.0 Pro leads 39.7 to 14.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 65.7% for Gemini 2.0 Pro and 41.9% for Mistral Small 3.1.
  • Mistral Small 3.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Pro and Mistral Small 3.1 specifications
Gemini 2.0 ProMistral Small 3.1
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index39.131.7
Released2025-02-052025-03-17
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—128K
Max output—102K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.35
Output $ / M tokens—$0.56
Results tracked1428

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.8 (#187), Mistral Small 3.1: 38.3 (#179)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMistral Small 3.1
Aider Polyglot35.6%—
LiveBench Coding63.5%—
LMArena Coding—1309

Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 22.3 (#198), Mistral Small 3.1: 19.7 (#254)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMistral Small 3.1
Epoch Capabilities Index135.06127.48
Chess Puzzles—1%
EnigmaEval0.7%—
LiveBench Reasoning60.1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1278
LiveBench Data Analysis68%—
LiveBench65.1%—

Math Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 39.7 (#100), Mistral Small 3.1: 14.7 (#301)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMistral Small 3.1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—3.9%
Omni-MATH—24.8%
LiveBench Math71%—
LMArena Math—1262
MATH Level 583.5%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#167), Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#271)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMistral Small 3.1
GPQA Diamond65.7%41.9%
MMLU-Pro—61%
Confabulations18.4%—
GPQA (HELM)—39.2%
LMArena Expert—1257

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Mistral Small 3.1: 33.2 (#99)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMistral Small 3.1
LMArena Vision—1136

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: —, Mistral Small 3.1: 41.2 (#209)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMistral Small 3.1
LMArena Non-English—1255
LMArena Chinese—1253
LMArena French—1273
LMArena German—1266
LMArena Japanese—1208
LMArena Korean—1206
LMArena Russian—1263
LMArena Spanish—1283

Instruction Following Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.5 (#59), Mistral Small 3.1: 63.6 (#230)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMistral Small 3.1
LiveBench Instruction Following83.4%—
IFEval—75%
LMArena Instruction Following—1264

Long Context Mistral Small 3.1 leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.2 (#292), Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#178)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMistral Small 3.1
Fiction.LiveBench41.7%—
LMArena Longer Query—1299

Writing & Preference Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#165), Mistral Small 3.1: 37.0 (#259)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMistral Small 3.1
LMArena Text—1277
LMArena Creative Writing—1253
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—761
WildBench—78.8%
LMArena Multi-Turn—1270
LiveBench Language44.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro better than Mistral Small 3.1?

Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro or Mistral Small 3.1 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (37.8 vs 38.3); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Pro and Mistral Small 3.1 share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.1 has 28.

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