Gemini 3 Flash vs Mistral Small 4
Google vs Mistral AI — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Gemini 3 Flash has the higher intelligence index (90.2 vs 76.9)
- •Mistral Small 4 is cheaper ($0.15 vs $0.50 per 1M input)
- •Gemini 3 Flash is faster
- •Gemini 3 Flash has a larger context window (1M)
| Gemini 3 Flash | Mistral Small 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 90.2 | 76.9 |
| Developer | Mistral AI | |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | API only | Open weights |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Input price | $0.50 / 1M | $0.15 / 1M |
| Output price | $3.00 / 1M | $0.60 / 1M |
| Speed | 191 tok/s | 145 tok/s |
| Released | December 17, 2025 | March 16, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Audio, Video | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Gemini 3 Flash
Mistral Small 4
GPQA Diamond
90.4
76.9
Humanity’s Last Exam
34.7
9.5