Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Pixtral Large

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Pixtral Large Mistral AI

32.2

Rank #259 Reported

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 3 categories and Pixtral Large in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 21.7.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Pixtral Large.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
  • Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashPixtral Large
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index61.832.2
Released2026-09-022024-11-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M128K
Max output66K128K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$2
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$6
Results tracked503

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Pixtral Large: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashPixtral Large
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
LMArena WebDev1584—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—
LMArena Coding1510—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

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

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashPixtral Large
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), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashPixtral Large
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
CritPt18.3%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
EnigmaEval—0.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts1508—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71—

Math Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Pixtral Large: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashPixtral Large
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—
LMArena Math1528—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Pixtral Large: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashPixtral Large
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—
LMArena Expert1524—

Multimodal Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashPixtral Large
LMArena Vision13141089
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Pixtral Large: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashPixtral Large
LMArena Non-English1491—
LMArena Chinese1554—
LMArena French1498—
LMArena German1493—
LMArena Japanese1502—
LMArena Korean1459—
LMArena Russian1515—
LMArena Spanish1485—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Pixtral Large: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashPixtral Large
LMArena Instruction Following1490—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Pixtral Large: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashPixtral Large
LMArena Longer Query1508—

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashPixtral Large
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748988
LMArena Text1499—
LMArena Creative Writing1492—
LMArena Multi-Turn1501—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Pixtral Large?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Pixtral Large?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Pixtral Large lists at $2 and $6.

Which has the bigger context window?

Gemini 3.8 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Pixtral Large share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.

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