Noometry

Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs Mistral Small 3

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Mistral Small 3 Mistral AI

31.2

Rank #278 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Small 3 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 16.3.
  • Mistral Small 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index56.531.2
Released2026-09-302025-01-30
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—33K
Max output—16K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.05
Output $ / M tokens—$0.08
Results tracked2124

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3
LMArena Coding15501246
LMArena WebDev1678—
FrontierSWE55%—
SciCode61.8%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—45.3%
BigCodeBench Complete—50.4%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), Mistral Small 3: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3
APEX-Agents82.2%—
Vending-Bench 213,718—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3
LMArena Hard Prompts15481233
CritPt27.1%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
Epoch Capabilities Index—127.07

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3
LMArena Math15361240
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—6.7%
ProofBench99%—

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3
LMArena Expert15531202
GPQA Diamond—47.3%
Confabulations—25.2%

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), Mistral Small 3: —

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3
LMArena Non-English15231198
LMArena Chinese16101204
LMArena Russian15371216
LMArena French—1203
LMArena German—1211
LMArena Japanese—1111
LMArena Korean—1188
LMArena Spanish1497—

Instruction Following Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3
LMArena Instruction Following15381214

Long Context Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3
LMArena Longer Query15491246

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)

BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3
LMArena Text15341234
LMArena Creative Writing15311195
LMArena Multi-Turn15571217
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—707

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Mistral Small 3?

Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.5 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 4 Argon or Mistral Small 3 better for coding?

Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on coding benchmarks: 62.0 versus 36.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Mistral Small 3 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.

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