Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Mixtral 8x22B

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 26.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.5 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #29 Confirmed

Mixtral 8x22B Mistral AI

26.7

Rank #330 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 9 categories and Mixtral 8x22B in 0 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 66.3 to 15.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 62.6% for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 3.2% for Mixtral 8x22B.
  • Mixtral 8x22B is cheaper at $2 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $9 for Gemini 3.5 Flash.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 64K.
  • Mixtral 8x22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.5 FlashMixtral 8x22B
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index54.126.7
Released2026-05-192024-04-17
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M64K
Max output66K64K
Input $ / M tokens$1.50$2
Output $ / M tokens$9$6
Results tracked5434

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.1 (#46), Mixtral 8x22B: 23.8 (#324)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashMixtral 8x22B
WeirdML62.6%3.2%
LMArena Coding14921166
SWE-bench Verified79.3%—
DeepSWE37.4%—
LMArena WebDev1499—
SciCode53.1%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—40.6%
BigCodeBench Complete—50.2%
ALE-Bench911.02—
HumanEval+—72%
MBPP+—64.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.8 (#107), Mixtral 8x22B: 22.8 (#119)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashMixtral 8x22B
APEX-Agents27.5%—
Cybench—7.5%
GBAEval6.7%—
GDP.pdf14%—
Vending-Bench 25,396—

Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.7 (#16), Mixtral 8x22B: 19.1 (#246)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Hard Prompts14881150
DTBench94.7%55.1%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.55122
ForecastBench5956.3
ARC-AGI-272.1%—
SimpleBench76.7%—
NYT Connections (extended)92.6%—
ARC-AGI-192.5%—
CritPt13.1%—
Chess Puzzles50%—
EnigmaEval25.4%—
EBR-Bench4.8%—
Mystery Game Puzzles32%—
LMCA47.1%—
Surface Evolver Bench58.1%—

Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.5 (#30), Mixtral 8x22B: 21.2 (#271)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Math15021184
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)62.8%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.3%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202595.6%—
ProofBench31%—
Omni-MATH—16.3%
MATH Level 5—24.2%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#10), Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#288)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashMixtral 8x22B
GPQA Diamond92.8%34.1%
LMArena Expert14931113
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
MMLU-Pro—46%
GPQA (HELM)—33.4%
MMLU—77.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#13), Mixtral 8x22B: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Vision1311—
Blueprint-Bench 233.6%—
LMArena Document1463—

Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.1 (#12), Mixtral 8x22B: 32.9 (#250)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Non-English14751128
LMArena Chinese15251116
LMArena French14901165
LMArena German15001141
LMArena Japanese14811037
LMArena Korean14531056
LMArena Russian14911158
LMArena Spanish14781150

Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.2 (#29), Mixtral 8x22B: 57.9 (#261)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Instruction Following14661147
IFEval—72.4%

Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.3 (#39), Mixtral 8x22B: 34.6 (#242)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Longer Query14811144

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads

Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#46), Mixtral 8x22B: 37.1 (#257)

BenchmarkGemini 3.5 FlashMixtral 8x22B
LMArena Text14811162
LMArena Creative Writing14671141
LMArena Multi-Turn14821130
WildBench—71.1%
EQ-Bench 41087—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Mixtral 8x22B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 26.7 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Mixtral 8x22B?

Mixtral 8x22B is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash lists at $1.50 and $9.

Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Mixtral 8x22B better for coding?

Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.1 versus 23.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.5 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 64K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Mixtral 8x22B share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Mixtral 8x22B has 34.

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