Model comparison

Gemini 4 Argon vs Mistral Small 3.2

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

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 4 Argon Google

56.5

Rank #24 Confirmed

Mistral Small 3.2 Mistral AI

31.2

Rank #280 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 4 Argon leads 73.9 to 26.3.
  • Mistral Small 3.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 4 Argon and Mistral Small 3.2 specifications
Gemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3.2
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index56.531.2
Released2026-09-302025-06-20
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—256K
Max output—16K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.0938
Output $ / M tokens—$0.25
Results tracked216

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 62.0 (#9), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3.2
LMArena WebDev1678—
FrontierSWE55%—
SciCode61.8%—
LMArena Coding1550—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 49.2 (#8), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3.2
APEX-Agents82.2%—
Vending-Bench 213,718—

Reasoning Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 44.2 (#47), Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3.2
Kagi LLM Benchmark—40.4%
CritPt27.1%—
Chess Puzzles—1%
LMArena Hard Prompts1548—
Epoch Capabilities Index—131.74

Math Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 73.9 (#17), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3.2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—30.3%
ProofBench99%—
LMArena Math1536—

Knowledge Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 43.9 (#89), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3.2
GPQA Diamond—49.1%
LMArena Expert1553—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 46.5 (#14), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3.2
Blueprint-Bench 254.4%—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 60.3 (#1), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Non-English1523—
LMArena Chinese1610—
LMArena Russian1537—
LMArena Spanish1497—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 80.1 (#2), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Instruction Following1538—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 4 Argon: 47.6 (#15), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Longer Query1549—

Writing & Preference Gemini 4 Argon leads

Gemini 4 Argon: 71.4 (#19), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 4 ArgonMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Text1534—
LMArena Creative Writing1531—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1255
LMArena Multi-Turn1557—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 4 Argon better than Mistral Small 3.2?

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

How many benchmarks do Gemini 4 Argon and Mistral Small 3.2 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 4 Argon has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.

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