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Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Mistral Large 4

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Mistral Large 4 Mistral AI

43.1

Rank #99 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Large 4 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 22.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 97.4% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 27.4% for Mistral Large 4.
  • Mistral Large 4 is cheaper at $0.68 / $2.09 per million input/output tokens, against $0.75 / $3.75 for Gemini 3.8 Flash.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashMistral Large 4
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index61.843.1
Released2026-09-022026-10-06
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1.05M
Max output66K262K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$0.68
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$2.09
Results tracked5015

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMistral Large 4
LMArena WebDev15841541
LMArena Coding15101475
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Mistral Large 4: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMistral Large 4
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 Large 4: 22.5 (#192)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMistral Large 4
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%27.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts15081444
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
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 Large 4: 40.4 (#91)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMistral Large 4
LMArena Math15281488
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMistral Large 4
SimpleQA Verified69.7%20%
LMArena Expert15241447
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Mistral Large 4: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMistral Large 4
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMistral Large 4
LMArena Non-English14911415
LMArena Chinese15541491
LMArena Russian15151414
LMArena French1498—
LMArena German1493—
LMArena Japanese1502—
LMArena Korean1459—
LMArena Spanish1485—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMistral Large 4
LMArena Instruction Following14901424

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMistral Large 4
LMArena Longer Query15081429

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMistral Large 4
LMArena Text14991427
LMArena Creative Writing14921361
LMArena Multi-Turn15011424
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Mistral Large 4?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 43.1 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Mistral Large 4?

Mistral Large 4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.68 per million input tokens and $2.09 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.8 Flash lists at $0.75 and $3.75.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 48.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1.05M tokens.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Mistral Large 4 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.

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