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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Mistral

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 67.8 to 16.6.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashMistral
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index54.129.9
Released2026-07-21—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4622

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMistral
LMArena Coding14911162
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1538—
SciCode52.7%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Mistral: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMistral
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMistral
LMArena Hard Prompts14851149
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
CritPt10.6%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMistral
LMArena Math15051180
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—
Omni-MATH—7.2%

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMistral
LMArena Expert14881125
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—
MMLU-Pro—27.7%
GPQA (HELM)—30.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Mistral: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMistral
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMistral
LMArena Non-English14691129
LMArena Chinese15311109
LMArena French15041180
LMArena German14781155
LMArena Japanese14761013
LMArena Korean14311032
LMArena Russian14871168
LMArena Spanish14751143

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMistral
LMArena Instruction Following14661152
IFEval—56.8%

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMistral
LMArena Longer Query14741153

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMistral
LMArena Text14791165
LMArena Creative Writing14651158
LMArena Multi-Turn14811147
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—
WildBench—66%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Mistral?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Mistral better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Mistral share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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