Model comparison
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Mistral Medium
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Mistral Medium score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.0 vs 36.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 25 shared benchmarks.
Google
Mistral AISummary
- They share 25 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher in 3 categories and Mistral Medium in 7 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads 38.0 to 28.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Vectara Hallucination Rate: 3.3% for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and 22.7% for Mistral Medium.
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Mistral Medium.
- Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
- Mistral Medium has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 37.0 | 36.3 |
| Released | 2025-06-17 | 2023-12-11 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 66K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.40 | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 33 | 36 |
Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry
Category by category
Coding Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.5 (#173), Mistral Medium: 34.2 (#243)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 35.2% | 43.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1373 | 1434 |
| ALE-Bench | 325.9 | 763.98 |
| FrontierCode | — | 8% |
| SciCode | — | 40.2% |
Agentic & Tool Use Too close to call
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 28.0 (#96), Mistral Medium: 28.3 (#90)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 36.9% | 37.7% |
Reasoning Mistral Medium leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 22.2 (#205), Mistral Medium: 24.0 (#167)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.5% | 50% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1377 | 1426 |
| DTBench | 62.8% | 75.5% |
| LMCA | 18.1% | 26.1% |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 26.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.94 | — |
Math Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 38.0 (#144), Mistral Medium: 28.1 (#245)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1373 | 1408 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 32.2% |
| ProofBench | — | 9% |
| Omni-MATH | 48% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 81.6% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 0.3% |
Knowledge Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 32.5 (#210), Mistral Medium: 25.0 (#265)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 3.3% | 22.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1373 | 1408 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 59.5% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 4.5% |
| MMLU-Pro | 53.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.9% | — |
Multimodal Mistral Medium leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 29.1 (#114), Mistral Medium: 35.3 (#88)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1198 | 1172 |
| VPCT | 30% | — |
Multilingual Mistral Medium leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 49.3 (#134), Mistral Medium: 52.1 (#91)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1369 | 1408 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1404 | 1447 |
| LMArena French | 1388 | 1459 |
| LMArena German | 1389 | 1432 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1359 | 1378 |
| LMArena Korean | 1360 | 1380 |
| LMArena Russian | 1373 | 1411 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1396 | 1433 |
Instruction Following Mistral Medium leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 70.0 (#168), Mistral Medium: 73.7 (#116)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1367 | 1398 |
| IFEval | 81% | — |
Long Context Mistral Medium leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 33.3 (#262), Mistral Medium: 42.9 (#114)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1373 | 1406 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 47.2% | — |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium leads
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite: 56.8 (#135), Mistral Medium: 60.0 (#103)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | Mistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1379 | 1424 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1367 | 1391 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1366 | 1418 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 77.3% |
| WildBench | 81.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite better than Mistral Medium?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Mistral Medium score almost the same on the Noometry Index (37.0 vs 36.3), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Mistral Medium?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium lists at $1.50 and $7.50.
Is Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite or Mistral Medium better for coding?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.5 versus 34.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Mistral Medium share?
25 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has 33 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium has 36.