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Gemini 3.0 Flash vs Pixtral 24.09

2 vs 0 benchmarks won

Google
Gemini 3.0 Flash
Mistral
Pixtral 24.09
Overview
CompanyGoogleMistral
Release dateDec 17 2025Sep 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
90.4%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
78%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapPixtral 24.09 shipped 472 days before Gemini 3.0 Flash

Which is better: Gemini 3.0 Flash or Pixtral 24.09?

Gemini 3.0 Flash leads Pixtral 24.09 on 2 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Pixtral 24.09 shipped 472 days before Gemini 3.0 Flash, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Pixtral 24.09 is an open-source / open-weight model; Gemini 3.0 Flash 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 3.0 Flash released?
Gemini 3.0 Flash was released by Google on Dec 17 2025.
When was Pixtral 24.09 released?
Pixtral 24.09 was released by Mistral on Sep 2024.
Is Gemini 3.0 Flash or Pixtral 24.09 open source?
Pixtral 24.09 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Gemini 3.0 Flash is a proprietary model released by Google.

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