Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 vs Mistral Large 4
Updated October 21, 2026. 2 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 scores 83.1 and Mistral Large 4 55.3 on the Vibe Coding Index, but no coding benchmark measured both, so the gap is directional, not a ranking.
Pick Mistral Large 4 when output tokens cost 2.4x less, or when what matters is Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) or GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 2
- Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 only
- 12
- Mistral Large 4 only
- 79
- Like-for-like categories
- 1 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
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, four public coding benchmarks
No call
83.1 against 55.3, from different benchmarks with none in common.
Directional only
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Mistral Large 4 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 38.4.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Mistral Large 4 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1258.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
No call
Both take 1.05M tokens.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Mistral Large 4
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 $0.0063, Mistral Large 4 $0.0034 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 83.1 from 1 benchmark, Mistral Large 4 55.3 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Reasoning, 9.2 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run): Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 19.9% against Mistral Large 4 35.0%, 15.1 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 $10.00 against Mistral Large 4 $4.18 per million output tokens, 2.4x apart.
- Context window
- Both take 1.05M tokens.
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.
| Category | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | Bars | Mistral Large 4 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoning | 0 | 2 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 2 |
CodingDirectional onlyFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index19 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | Mistral Large 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | 83.1% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 60.0% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1543 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 79.2% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 27.8% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 78.4% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 30.6% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 45.3% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 33.1% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 14.3% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 77.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 54.2% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 39.4% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| GSO-Bench | 3.9% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1213.2 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1478 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1467 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1559 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1487 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | Mistral Large 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 38.4 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 150.0 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | Mistral Large 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 28.1% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 8.0% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 11.8% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 54.7% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 30.4% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 31.7% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 17.5% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 56.2% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.0% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| METR time horizons | 55.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| Remote Labor Index | 0.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 42.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | Mistral Large 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 83.9% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 12.2% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 83.6% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 19.9% | 35.0% | Mistral Large 4 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 84.8% | 88.1% | Mistral Large 4 |
| SimpleBench | 62.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 33.0% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 17.0% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| VPCT | 46.4% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1444 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1444 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1442 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1288 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | Mistral Large 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 98.3% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 58.6% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 26.8% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 10.0% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1469 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1462 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | Mistral Large 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 40.7% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 85.8% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 20.0% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1448 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1433 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1425 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1439 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | Mistral Large 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1258 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1275 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1226 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1274 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1253 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1259 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1232 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1203 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 65.6% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index25 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | Mistral Large 4 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 76.5% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 80.4% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 81.3% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| DTBench | Not measured | 88.2% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 35.8% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 91.7% | Not measured | Only Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 measured |
| Surface Evolver Bench | Not measured | 28.1% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Furniture assembly | Not measured | 20.8% | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1431 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1422 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1363 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1272 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1433 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1422 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1492 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1415 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1492 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1455 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1417 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1435 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1428 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1386 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1378 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1283 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1284 | Only Mistral Large 4 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | Mistral Large 4 | 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
Mistral Large 4 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Mistral Large 4 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Mistral Large 4 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.
| Specification | Google Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Mistral AI | |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | June 5, 2025 | October 6, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.25 | $1.36 |
| Output $/Mtok | $10.00 | $4.18 |
| Coding index | 83.1 | 55.3 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 better than Mistral Large 4 for coding?
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 scores 83.1 and Mistral Large 4 55.3 on the Vibe Coding Index, but no coding benchmark measured both, so the gap is directional, not a ranking. Pick Mistral Large 4 when output tokens cost 2.4x less, or when what matters is Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) or GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 or Mistral Large 4?
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 costs $1.25 per million input tokens and $10.00 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 4 costs $1.36 and $4.18. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 or Mistral Large 4?
Neither: both take 1.05M tokens.
How many benchmarks is the Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 vs Mistral Large 4 comparison based on?
2 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Mistral Large 4's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.