Model Comparison

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is 39.3x cheaper per token.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct costs less

For input processing, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 ($1.25/1M tokens) is 17.9x more expensive than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct ($0.07/1M tokens).

For output processing, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 ($10.00/1M tokens) is 71.4x more expensive than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct ($0.14/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 is more expensive than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct.*

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

Lowest available price from all providers
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Google
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Input tokens$1.25
Output tokens$10.00
Best providerGoogle
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Input tokens$0.07
Output tokens$0.14
Best providerDeepinfra
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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 accepts 1,048,576 input tokens compared to Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct's 32,000 tokens. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 can generate longer responses up to 65,535 tokens, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is limited to 32,000 tokens.

Google
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output65,535 tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Input32,000 tokens
Output32,000 tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct does not.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 is licensed under a proprietary license, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

Proprietary

Closed source

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 was released on 2025-06-05, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct was released on 2025-01-30.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 is 4 months newer than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

Jun 5, 2025

10 months ago

4mo newer
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Jan 30, 2025

1.2 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 has a knowledge cutoff of 2025-01-31, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct has a cutoff of 2023-10-01.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 has more recent training data (up to 2025-01-31), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct (2023-10-01).

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

Jan 2025

1.3 yr newer
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Oct 2023

Provider Availability

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 is available from Google. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is available from DeepInfra, Mistral AI.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05

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Google
Input Price:Input: $1.25/1MOutput Price:Output: $10.00/1M

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

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Deepinfra
Input Price:Input: $0.07/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.14/1M
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Mistral
Input Price:Input: $0.10/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.30/1M
* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Google
Larger context window (1,048,576 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher GPQA score (86.4% vs 45.3%)
Mistral AI
Less expensive input tokens
Less expensive output tokens
Has open weights

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Google
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 is made by Google and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 scores Global-MMLU-Lite: 89.2%, AIME 2025: 88.0%, FACTS Grounding: 87.8%, GPQA: 86.4%, VideoMMMU: 83.6%. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct scores Arena Hard: 87.6%, HumanEval: 84.8%, MT-Bench: 83.5%, IFEval: 82.9%, MATH: 70.6%.
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is 17.9x cheaper for input tokens. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 costs $1.25/M input and $10.00/M output via google. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct costs $0.07/M input and $0.14/M output via deepinfra.
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 supports 1.0M tokens and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct supports 32K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include context window (1.0M vs 32K), input pricing ($1.25 vs $0.07/M), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05 is developed by Google and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.