Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Mistral Large 3
Wins 7 of 7 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Facts · Images and charts · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 0 of 7 areas
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Gemini 2.5 Pro is the stronger all-rounder.Mistral Large 3 is cheaper.
Scores updated · 28 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the seven areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking40Gemini 2.5 Pro4 of 4 tests
- CodingWriting and fixing software30Gemini 2.5 Pro3 of 4 tests · 1 tie
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video20Gemini 2.5 Pro2 of 2 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own10Gemini 2.5 Pro1 of 3 tests · 2 ties
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up21Gemini 2.5 Pro2 of 3 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Gemini 2.5 Pro1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Gemini 2.5 Pro1 of 1 test
Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Mistral Large 3 costs 82% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Gemini 2.5 Pro pulls ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+33points ahead
- Common-sense trick questionsSimpleBench+31.2points ahead
- Harder college exam questions with imagesMMMU-Pro+19.2points ahead
Where Mistral Large 3 pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+4.9points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 28 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingGemini 2.5 Pro
- Terminal-Bench 2.1Gemini 2.5 Pro by 16.528.512+16.5
- Terminal-Bench HardGemini 2.5 Pro by 10.626.515.9+10.6
- SciCodeGemini 2.5 Pro by 9.746.336.6+9.7
- LMArena · WebDevtie12241230tie
AgentsGemini 2.5 Pro
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingGemini 2.5 Pro by 3.99.75.8+3.9
- GDPValtie00tie
- Terminal-Bench 4.0tie00tie
ReasoningGemini 2.5 Pro
- SimpleBenchGemini 2.5 Pro by 31.251.620.4+31.2
- GPQA DiamondGemini 2.5 Pro by 15.683.668+15.6
- Humanity's Last ExamGemini 2.5 Pro by 13.8184.2+13.8
- CritPtGemini 2.5 Pro by 2.62.60+2.6
FactsGemini 2.5 Pro
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGemini 2.5 Pro by 14.13924.9+14.1
- Vectara HHEM hallucination ratelower is betterGemini 2.5 Pro by 7.5714.5+7.5
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationMistral Large 3 by 4.99.114+4.9
Images and chartsGemini 2.5 Pro
- MMMU-ProGemini 2.5 Pro by 19.274.955.7+19.2
- LMArena · VisionGemini 2.5 Pro by 41 rating points12631222+41 rating
Following instructionsGemini 2.5 Pro
- IFBenchGemini 2.5 Pro by 12.548.736.2+12.5
Other results10 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- LiveCodeBenchGemini 2.5 Pro by 39.874.234.4+39.8
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Gemini 2.5 Pro by 29.554.124.6+29.5
- SimpleQAGemini 2.5 Pro by 2750.823.8+27
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexGemini 2.5 Pro by 26.646.720.1+26.6
- AA-OmniscienceGemini 2.5 Pro by 23.3-16.4-39.6+23.3
- vectara_factual_consistencyGemini 2.5 Pro by 7.59385.5+7.5
- AA IntelligenceGemini 2.5 Pro by 5.7159.3+5.7
- AA Agentic IndexGemini 2.5 Pro by 1.13.52.4+1.1
- vectara_avg_summary_lengthtie106.4112.7tie
- vectara_answer_ratetie99.198.8tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Mistral Large 3?
Gemini 2.5 Pro wins all seven areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, facts, images and charts, long documents and following instructions. Mistral Large 3 wins none, but costs 82% less.
Which is better for coding?
Gemini 2.5 Pro. It wins 3 of the 4 coding tests both models report; Mistral Large 3 wins none, and 1 is a tie.
Which is cheaper?
Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $1.25 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 3 costs $0.50 and $1.50. That makes Mistral Large 3 about 82% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 28 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 18 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 10 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.