Gemini 2.5 Pro vs Mistral Small 3.2
Wins 6 of 7 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · 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 Small 3.2 is cheaper.
Scores updated · 18 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.
- CodingWriting and fixing software30Gemini 2.5 Pro3 of 3 tests
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking30Gemini 2.5 Pro3 of 3 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own10Gemini 2.5 Pro1 of 3 tests · 2 ties
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video10Gemini 2.5 Pro1 of 1 test
- 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
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up11Even1 each
Images and charts, 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 Small 3.2 costs 98% 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+48.7points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+33.1points ahead
- Harder college exam questions with imagesMMMU-Pro+26.9points ahead
Where Mistral Small 3.2 pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+14.1points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 18 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 22.928.55.6+22.9
- Terminal-Bench HardGemini 2.5 Pro by 19.726.56.8+19.7
- SciCodeGemini 2.5 Pro by 17.746.328.6+17.7
AgentsGemini 2.5 Pro
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingGemini 2.5 Pro by 3.59.76.2+3.5
- GDPValtie00tie
- Terminal-Bench 4.0tie00tie
ReasoningGemini 2.5 Pro
- GPQA DiamondGemini 2.5 Pro by 33.183.650.5+33.1
- Humanity's Last ExamGemini 2.5 Pro by 13.7184.3+13.7
- CritPtGemini 2.5 Pro by 2.62.60+2.6
FactsEven
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGemini 2.5 Pro by 24.33914.8+24.3
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationMistral Small 3.2 by 14.19.123.2+14.1
Images and chartsGemini 2.5 Pro
- MMMU-ProGemini 2.5 Pro by 26.974.948+26.9
Following instructionsGemini 2.5 Pro
- IFBenchGemini 2.5 Pro by 15.248.733.5+15.2
Other results4 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.
- AA-OmniscienceGemini 2.5 Pro by 34.3-16.4-50.6+34.3
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexGemini 2.5 Pro by 34.246.712.5+34.2
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Gemini 2.5 Pro by 24.654.129.5+24.6
- AA IntelligenceGemini 2.5 Pro by 6.8158.2+6.8
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemini 2.5 Pro or Mistral Small 3.2?
Gemini 2.5 Pro wins six of the seven areas where both have results: coding, agents, reasoning, images and charts, long documents and following instructions. Mistral Small 3.2 wins none, but costs 98% less. They are level on facts.
Which is better for coding?
Gemini 2.5 Pro. It wins 3 of the 3 coding tests both models report; Mistral Small 3.2 wins none.
Which is cheaper?
Gemini 2.5 Pro costs $1.25 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Mistral Small 3.2 costs $0.07 and $0.20. That makes Mistral Small 3.2 about 98% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 18 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 14 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 4 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.