Gemini 1.5 Flash vs Pixtral-12B Comparison
Comparing Gemini 1.5 Flash and Pixtral-12B across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Gemini 1.5 Flash outperforms in 5 benchmarks (HumanEval, MATH, MathVista, MMLU, MMMU), while Pixtral-12B is better at 0 benchmarks.
Gemini 1.5 Flash significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
For input processing, Gemini 1.5 Flash ($0.15/1M tokens) costs the same as Pixtral-12B ($0.15/1M tokens).
For output processing, Gemini 1.5 Flash ($0.60/1M tokens) is 4.0x more expensive than Pixtral-12B ($0.15/1M tokens).
In conclusion, Gemini 1.5 Flash is more expensive than Pixtral-12B.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Gemini 1.5 Flash accepts 1,048,576 input tokens compared to Pixtral-12B's 128,000 tokens. Both models can generate responses up to 8,192 tokens.
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Both Gemini 1.5 Flash and Pixtral-12B support multimodal inputs.
They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.
Gemini 1.5 Flash
Pixtral-12B
License
Usage and distribution terms
Gemini 1.5 Flash is licensed under a proprietary license, while Pixtral-12B uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Proprietary
Closed source
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Gemini 1.5 Flash was released on 2024-05-01, while Pixtral-12B was released on 2024-09-17.
Pixtral-12B is 5 months newer than Gemini 1.5 Flash.
May 1, 2024
1.9 years ago
Sep 17, 2024
1.5 years ago
4mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Gemini 1.5 Flash has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-11-01, while Pixtral-12B's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Gemini 1.5 Flash's training data extends to 2023-11-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Pixtral-12B's cutoff date.
Nov 2023
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Provider Availability
Gemini 1.5 Flash is available from Google. Pixtral-12B is available from Mistral AI. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.
Gemini 1.5 Flash
Pixtral-12B
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
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