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.
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 | Mistral | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 21.1 | 29.9 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 4 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral: 33.8 (#250)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1162 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), Mistral: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 7.2% | — |
Reasoning Mistral leads
Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1149 |
Math Mistral leads
Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1180 |
Knowledge Mistral leads
Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 19.9% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1125 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral: 32.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| 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)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1152 |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral: 35.0 (#245)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1153 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Mistral: 37.0 (#260)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| 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.