Model comparison

Gemma 3 1B vs Mistral

Mistral is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 3 1B Google

21.1

Rank #353 Reported

Mistral Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #303 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in math, where Mistral leads 22.3 to 10.2.
  • Gemma 3 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 3 1B and Mistral specifications
Gemma 3 1BMistral
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index21.129.9
Released2025-03-12—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked422

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral
LMArena Coding—1162

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), Mistral: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard7.2%—

Reasoning Mistral leads

Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral
Chess Puzzles0%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1149

Math Mistral leads

Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20251.1%—
Omni-MATH—7.2%
LMArena Math—1180

Knowledge Mistral leads

Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral
GPQA Diamond19.9%—
MMLU-Pro—27.7%
GPQA (HELM)—30.3%
LMArena Expert—1125

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral
LMArena Non-English—1129
LMArena Chinese—1109
LMArena French—1180
LMArena German—1155
LMArena Japanese—1013
LMArena Korean—1032
LMArena Russian—1168
LMArena Spanish—1143

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral
IFEval—56.8%
LMArena Instruction Following—1152

Long Context Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral
LMArena Longer Query—1153

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 3 1BMistral
LMArena Text—1165
LMArena Creative Writing—1158
WildBench—66%
LMArena Multi-Turn—1147

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 3 1B better than Mistral?

Mistral is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Mistral share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.

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