Model comparison

Gemma 2 2b IT vs Mistral Small 3.2

Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.5 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

32.5

Rank #244 Confirmed

Mistral Small 3.2 Mistral AI

30.8

Rank #271 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 45.1 to 36.6.

Side by side

Gemma 2 2b IT and Mistral Small 3.2 specifications
Gemma 2 2b ITMistral Small 3.2
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index32.530.8
Released—2025-06-20
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—256K
Max output—16K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.0938
Output $ / M tokens—$0.25
Results tracked176

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 31.8 (#268), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Coding1112—

Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 20.5 (#219), Mistral Small 3.2: 17.5 (#282)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITMistral Small 3.2
Kagi LLM Benchmark—40.4%
Chess Puzzles—1%
LMArena Hard Prompts1113—
Epoch Capabilities Index—131.73

Math Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 30.1 (#212), Mistral Small 3.2: 24.9 (#251)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITMistral Small 3.2
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—30.3%
LMArena Math1135—

Knowledge Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.3 (#229), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.8 (#249)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITMistral Small 3.2
GPQA Diamond—49.1%
LMArena Expert1096—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.5 (#252), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Non-English1121—
LMArena Chinese1132—
LMArena French1156—
LMArena German1114—
LMArena Japanese1083—
LMArena Korean1055—
LMArena Russian1118—
LMArena Spanish1140—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 58.1 (#258), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Instruction Following1118—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.2 (#245), Mistral Small 3.2: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Longer Query1130—

Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3.2 leads

Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.6 (#258), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.1 (#219)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 2b ITMistral Small 3.2
LMArena Text1156—
LMArena Creative Writing1147—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1255
LMArena Multi-Turn1118—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Mistral Small 3.2?

Gemma 2 2b IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.5 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Mistral Small 3.2 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.

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