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Gemini 1.0 Ultra vs Mistral Small 3.1

Google Gemini 1.0 Ultra vs Mistral Mistral Small 3.1 — side-by-side specs.

Google
Gemini 1.0 Ultra
Mistral
Mistral Small 3.1
Overview
CompanyGoogleMistral
Release dateFeb 8 2024Mar 17 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapGemini 1.0 Ultra shipped 403 days before Mistral Small 3.1

Which is better: Gemini 1.0 Ultra or Mistral Small 3.1?

Gemini 1.0 Ultra and Mistral Small 3.1 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Gemini 1.0 Ultra shipped 403 days before Mistral Small 3.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Small 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model; Gemini 1.0 Ultra is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Gemini 1.0 Ultra released?
Gemini 1.0 Ultra was released by Google on Feb 8 2024.
When was Mistral Small 3.1 released?
Mistral Small 3.1 was released by Mistral on Mar 17 2025.
Is Gemini 1.0 Ultra or Mistral Small 3.1 open source?
Mistral Small 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Gemini 1.0 Ultra is a proprietary model released by Google.

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