Gemini 3 Flash vs Pixtral-12B
Google vs Mistral AI — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Gemini 3 Flash has the higher intelligence index (90.2 vs 66.1)
- •Pixtral-12B 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 | Pixtral-12B | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 90.2 | 66.1 |
| Developer | Mistral AI | |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | API only | Open weights |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens | 128,000 tokens |
| Input price | $0.50 / 1M | $0.15 / 1M |
| Output price | $3.00 / 1M | $0.15 / 1M |
| Speed | 191 tok/s | 0 tok/s |
| Released | December 17, 2025 | September 17, 2024 |
| Parameters | — | 12400000000 |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Audio, Video | — |
| Output modalities | Text | — |