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Gemini 1.5 Flash-002 vs Mistral Small 3.1

Google Gemini 1.5 Flash-002 vs Mistral Mistral Small 3.1 — side-by-side specs.

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Gemini 1.5 Flash-002
Mistral
Mistral Small 3.1
Overview
CompanyGoogleMistral
Release dateSep 24 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 1.5 Flash-002 shipped 174 days before Mistral Small 3.1

Which is better: Gemini 1.5 Flash-002 or Mistral Small 3.1?

Gemini 1.5 Flash-002 and Mistral Small 3.1 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Gemini 1.5 Flash-002 shipped 174 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 1.5 Flash-002 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 1.5 Flash-002 released?
Gemini 1.5 Flash-002 was released by Google on Sep 24 2024.
When was Mistral Small 3.1 released?
Mistral Small 3.1 was released by Mistral on Mar 17 2025.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash-002 or Mistral Small 3.1 open source?
Mistral Small 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Gemini 1.5 Flash-002 is a proprietary model released by Google.

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