Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Mistral Small Comparison

Comparing Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Mistral Small across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Mistral Small don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B costs less

For input processing, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B ($0.07/1M tokens) is 2.9x cheaper than Mistral Small ($0.20/1M tokens).

For output processing, Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B ($0.30/1M tokens) is 2.0x cheaper than Mistral Small ($0.60/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Mistral Small is more expensive than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

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Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Input tokens$0.07

Output tokens$0.30

Best providerGoogle

Mistral Small

Input tokens$0.20

Output tokens$0.60

Best providerMistral

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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

14.0B diff

Mistral Small has 14.0B more parameters than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B, making it 175.0% larger.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

8.0Bparameters

Mistral Small

22.0Bparameters

8.0B

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

22.0B

Mistral Small

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B accepts 1,048,576 input tokens compared to Mistral Small's 32,768 tokens. Mistral Small can generate longer responses up to 32,768 tokens, while Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is limited to 8,192 tokens.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Input1,048,576 tokens

Output8,192 tokens

Mistral Small

Input32,768 tokens

Output32,768 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Mistral Small does not.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Mistral Small

Text

Images

Audio

Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is licensed under a proprietary license, while Mistral Small uses Mistral Research License.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Proprietary

Closed source

Mistral Small

Mistral Research License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B was released on 2024-03-15, while Mistral Small was released on 2024-09-17.

Mistral Small is 6 months newer than Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Mar 15, 2024

2.0 years ago

Mistral Small

Sep 17, 2024

1.5 years ago

6mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2024-10-01, while Mistral Small's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B's training data extends to 2024-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Mistral Small's cutoff date.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B

Oct 2024

Mistral Small

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Provider Availability

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B is available from Google. Mistral Small is available from Mistral AI. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.