Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite vs Mistral Large 3 2512

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite leads Mistral Large 3 2512 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 10.4 to 9.3, and Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite costs 3.8x less per output token ($0.40 vs $1.50 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 15 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Replace Mistral Large 3 2512

Gemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogle

Coding: No data
Overall: No data
Output $/M: $0.40

Mistral Large 3 2512Mistral AI

Coding: No data
Overall: No data
Output $/M: $1.50

vs boards won of 15 shared

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite or Mistral Large 3 2512: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite for output tokens 3.8x cheaper ($0.40 vs $1.50 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 262K tokens).

Model AGemini 2.5 Flash LiteGoogleNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task Model BMistral Large 3 2512Mistral AINot benchmarked1 independent benchmark$0.77 per solved task

151513

Shared results: 15
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite only: 15
Mistral Large 3 2512 only: 13
Like-for-like categories: 6 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite leads, 10.4 against 9.3.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Mistral Large 3 2512 has a AA Agentic Index result, 1.0.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite leads, 70.2% against 68.4%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
Mistral Large 3 2512
Mistral Large 3 2512 leads, 42.9% against 42.1%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Mistral Large 3 2512
Mistral Large 3 2512 leads, 79.8% against 79.1%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Mistral Large 3 2512 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1162.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite takes 1.05M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite $0.0003, Mistral Large 3 2512 $0.0013 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Mistral Large 3 2512 has the number, $0.77.
Directional only

At a glance

Coding index: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite not benchmarked, Mistral Large 3 2512 not benchmarked.
Widest category: Coding, 16.0 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap: LiveCodeBench (Vals AI): Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite 71.4% against Mistral Large 3 2512 55.3%, 16.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite $0.40 against Mistral Large 3 2512 $1.50 per million output tokens, 3.8x apart.
Context window: Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite takes 1.05M tokens, Mistral Large 3 2512 262K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
Category	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Mistral Large 3 2512
Coding	1	0
Intelligence	1	0
Reasoning	2	0
Math	1	1
Knowledge	3	3
General	2	1
All shared boards	10	5

CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index10

Coding benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and Mistral Large 3 2512
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Mistral Large 3 2512	Leader
AA Coding Index	Not measured	20.1	Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)	71.4%	55.3%	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)	Not measured	41.4%	Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)	59.3%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)	4.5%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
ALE-Bench	Not measured	264.7	Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 33 boards here

IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10

Intelligence benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and Mistral Large 3 2512
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Mistral Large 3 2512	Leader
AA Intelligence Index	10.4	9.3	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Epoch Capabilities Index	133.8	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured

Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards, none shared

Agentic work benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and Mistral Large 3 2512
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Mistral Large 3 2512	Leader
AA Agentic Index	Not measured	1.0	Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
τ²-Bench Telecom	19.0%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL)	36.9%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here

ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20

Reasoning benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and Mistral Large 3 2512
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Mistral Large 3 2512	Leader
GPQA Diamond	70.2%	68.4%	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)	75.4%	66.2%	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)	62.5%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)	6.8%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
Kagi LLM Benchmark	40.5%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here

MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11

Math benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and Mistral Large 3 2512
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Mistral Large 3 2512	Leader
AIME	42.1%	42.9%	Mistral Large 3 2512
MGSM (Vals AI)	89.5%	85.4%	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
AA Math Index	53.3	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)	53.3%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here

KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index33

Knowledge benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and Mistral Large 3 2512
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Mistral Large 3 2512	Leader
MMLU Pro	79.1%	79.8%	Mistral Large 3 2512
LegalBench (Vals AI)	82.0%	79.1%	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
CaseLaw (Vals AI)	Not measured	61.4%	Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)	57.6%	61.0%	Mistral Large 3 2512
TaxEval (Vals AI)	66.2%	73.1%	Mistral Large 3 2512
MortgageTax (Vals AI)	57.6%	52.1%	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
MedQA (Vals AI)	88.9%	82.2%	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
MedCode (Vals AI)	34.2%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)	75.9%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here

Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared

Web design benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and Mistral Large 3 2512
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Mistral Large 3 2512	Leader
Design Arena: websites	Not measured	1162	Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
Design Arena: UI components	Not measured	1102	Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
Design Arena: game dev	Not measured	1080	Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
Design Arena: data viz	Not measured	1136	Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
Design Arena: 3D	Not measured	1100	Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
Design Arena: all code categories	Not measured	1142	Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
Design Arena: SVG	Not measured	993	Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
Design Arena: ASCII art	Not measured	1069	Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here

GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index21

General benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and Mistral Large 3 2512
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Mistral Large 3 2512	Leader
SAGE (Vals AI)	30.8%	24.6%	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
MedScribe (Vals AI)	75.8%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
IFBench	49.9%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)	55.7%	Not measured	Only Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite measured
DTBench	62.8%	65.1%	Mistral Large 3 2512
LMCA	18.1%	16.7%	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here

Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared

Image generation benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and Mistral Large 3 2512
Benchmark	Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Mistral Large 3 2512	Leader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite$0.0003Fits in one request

Mistral Large 3 2512$0.0013Fits in one request

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite$0.0062Fits in one request

Mistral Large 3 2512$0.029Fits in one request

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite$0.024Fits in one request

Mistral Large 3 2512$0.115Fits in one request

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite and Mistral Large 3 2512
Specification	Google Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite	Mistral Large 3 2512
Maker	Google	Mistral AI
Weights	No public weights listed	No public weights listed
Released	July 22, 2025	December 1, 2025
Context window	1.05M	262K
Input $/Mtok	$0.10	$0.50
Output $/Mtok	$0.40	$1.50
Coding index	Not benchmarked	Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it	0	1
Cost per solved task	Not computable	$0.77
Source	OpenRouter listing	OpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite better than Mistral Large 3 2512 for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite for output tokens 3.8x cheaper ($0.40 vs $1.50 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 262K tokens).

Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite or Mistral Large 3 2512?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 3 2512 costs $0.50 and $1.50. Cost per solved task is known for Mistral Large 3 2512 only.

Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite or Mistral Large 3 2512?

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite vs Mistral Large 3 2512 comparison based on?

15 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Mistral Large 3 2512's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite or Mistral Large 3 2512: which to pick

Which one for your work

Coding

Intelligence

Agentic work

Reasoning

Math

Knowledge

Web design

Long documents

Everyday cost

Cost per solved task

At a glance

Benchmark by benchmark

What each workload costs

Chat turn

Repository review

Agent loop

Specification differences

Questions

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