Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Non-reasoning) vs Mistral Small 3

Google · Mistral · catalog 2026-09-14

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Non-reasoning) beats Mistral Small 3: cheaper ($0.067 vs $0.12/M) and at least as smart (index 6.7 vs 6.7).
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Non-reasoning)Mistral Small 3
Speed (tok/s)271.5 measured146.2 measured
Blended $/M$0.067 derived$0.12 derived
Intelligence index6.7 measured6.7 measured
TTFT (ms)31 measured78 measured
Context1049k list—
Coding indexnot measured for both
Agentic indexnot measured for both

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite (Non-reasoning) card · Mistral Small 3 card · 3D observatory

Verdicts use price×intelligence dominance only, and only where both sides are measured; null cells stay null with their provenance (em-dash = not in catalog). Percentile-free by design — this page compares two models, not the field. Generated page — do not hand-edit.