Model comparison
Gemma 4 31B IT vs Mistral Large 3
Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher in 9 categories and Mistral Large 3 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemma 4 31B IT leads 26.4 to 14.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 70.6% for Gemma 4 31B IT and 7.5% for Mistral Large 3.
- Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper at $0.09 / $0.34 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.75 for Mistral Large 3.
Side by side
| Gemma 4 31B IT | Mistral Large 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 43.2 | 38.6 |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 33K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.09 | $0.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.34 | $0.75 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 24 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.9 (#98), Mistral Large 3: 34.1 (#230)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1364 | 1230 |
| LMArena Coding | 1459 | 1447 |
| SciCode | 43.4% | — |
| WeirdML | 52.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 925.5 | — |
Reasoning Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 26.4 (#119), Mistral Large 3: 14.6 (#314)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 63.5% | 50.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 70.6% | 7.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | 53% | 23% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1448 | 1429 |
| CritPt | 1.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 5% | — |
| DTBench | 82.7% | — |
| LMCA | 39.3% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 30.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 142.74 | — |
Math Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.3 (#72), Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#131)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1464 | 1415 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 73.3% | — |
Knowledge Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 37.9 (#141), Mistral Large 3: 35.5 (#173)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | 14.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1465 | 1421 |
| GPQA Diamond | 75.8% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 10.4% | — |
Multimodal Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 41.0 (#32), Mistral Large 3: 37.6 (#65)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1278 | 1222 |
| LMArena Document | 1425 | — |
Multilingual Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 54.0 (#52), Mistral Large 3: 52.6 (#79)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1431 | 1412 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1478 | 1448 |
| LMArena French | 1436 | 1456 |
| LMArena Russian | 1462 | 1412 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1443 | 1437 |
| LMArena German | — | 1438 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1399 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1384 |
Instruction Following Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 75.6 (#58), Mistral Large 3: 74.1 (#104)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1433 | 1402 |
Long Context Gemma 4 31B IT leads
Gemma 4 31B IT: 44.2 (#67), Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#102)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1446 | 1413 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Gemma 4 31B IT: 60.7 (#92), Mistral Large 3: 60.2 (#100)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 31B IT | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1443 | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1416 | 1385 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1368 | 1412 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1452 | 1429 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1120 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 31B IT better than Mistral Large 3?
Gemma 4 31B IT is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Gemma 4 31B IT or Mistral Large 3?
Gemma 4 31B IT is cheaper. It lists at $0.09 per million input tokens and $0.34 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 3 lists at $0.25 and $0.75.
Is Gemma 4 31B IT or Mistral Large 3 better for coding?
Gemma 4 31B IT scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.9 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 262K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 31B IT and Mistral Large 3 share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 31B IT has 35 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 3 has 24.