Model comparison
Gemma 1.1 7b IT vs Mistral Small 3
Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Mistral Small 3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.3 vs 31.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 1.1 7b IT scores higher in 3 categories and Mistral Small 3 in 5 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads 32.0 to 16.3.
Side by side
| Gemma 1.1 7b IT | Mistral Small 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 31.3 | 31.2 |
| Released | — | 2025-01-30 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 33K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.08 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3 leads
Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 31.5 (#284), Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1084 | 1246 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45.3% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 50.4% |
| HumanEval+ | 35.4% | — |
| MBPP+ | 45% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads
Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 20.5 (#238), Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1071 | 1233 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 127.07 |
Math Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads
Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.0 (#220), Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1107 | 1240 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 6.7% |
Knowledge Gemma 1.1 7b IT leads
Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.3 (#247), Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1039 | 1202 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 47.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 25.2% |
Multilingual Mistral Small 3 leads
Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 28.1 (#273), Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1052 | 1198 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1061 | 1204 |
| LMArena French | 1065 | 1203 |
| LMArena German | 1054 | 1211 |
| LMArena Japanese | 971 | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | 988 | 1188 |
| LMArena Russian | 1046 | 1216 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1049 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Small 3 leads
Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 54.0 (#283), Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1057 | 1214 |
Long Context Mistral Small 3 leads
Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 32.1 (#272), Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1056 | 1246 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3 leads
Gemma 1.1 7b IT: 30.4 (#288), Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 7b IT | Mistral Small 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1094 | 1234 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1060 | 1195 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1040 | 1217 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 707 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT better than Mistral Small 3?
Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Mistral Small 3 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.3 vs 31.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemma 1.1 7b IT or Mistral Small 3 better for coding?
Mistral Small 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.5 versus 31.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 7b IT and Mistral Small 3 share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 7b IT has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3 has 24.