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Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Mistral

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 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 3.8 Flash leads 74.8 to 16.6.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashMistral
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index61.829.9
Released2026-09-02—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked5022

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMistral
LMArena Coding15101162
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1584—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Mistral: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMistral
APEX-Agents64.3%—
Remote Labor Index5.8%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMistral
LMArena Hard Prompts15081149
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt18.3%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMistral
LMArena Math15281180
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—
Omni-MATH—7.2%

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMistral
LMArena Expert15241125
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
MMLU-Pro—27.7%
GPQA (HELM)—30.3%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Mistral: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMistral
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMistral
LMArena Non-English14911129
LMArena Chinese15541109
LMArena French14981180
LMArena German14931155
LMArena Japanese15021013
LMArena Korean14591032
LMArena Russian15151168
LMArena Spanish14851143

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMistral
LMArena Instruction Following14901152
IFEval—56.8%

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMistral
LMArena Longer Query15081153

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMistral
LMArena Text14991165
LMArena Creative Writing14921158
LMArena Multi-Turn15011147
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—
WildBench—66%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Mistral?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Mistral better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Mistral share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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