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Gemini 4 Carbon vs Mistral Large 2

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 59.0 to 6.9.

Google · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the overall LLM Stats Score 59.0 to 6.9, ranking #2 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Gemini 4 Carbon

  • overall performance matters — it scores 59.0 and ranks #2 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Mistral Large 2

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 4 Carbon
Google
Mistral Large 2
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
59.0
#2
6.9
#323
Reasoning
54.9
#5
6.9
#317
Coding
48.1
#3
12.9
#168
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$2.00 / M
Output price
— / M
$6.00 / M
Context window
—
128,000

Individual benchmarks

16 reported for Gemini 4 Carbon · 5 for Mistral Large 2

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 4 Carbon and Mistral Large 2don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Mistral Large 2 specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Mistral Large 2 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Google
Gemini 4 Carbon
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Large 2
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Fri Oct 30 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Gemini 4 Carbon supports multimodal inputs, whereas Mistral Large 2 does not.

Gemini 4 Carbon can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mistral Large 2

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 4 Carbon is licensed under a proprietary license, while Mistral Large 2 uses Mistral Research License.

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

Gemini 4 Carbon

Proprietary

Closed source

Mistral Large 2

Mistral Research License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 4 Carbon was released on 2026-10-28, while Mistral Large 2 was released on 2024-07-24.

Gemini 4 Carbon is 28 months newer than Mistral Large 2.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Oct 28, 2026

-3 days ago

2.3yr newer
Mistral Large 2

Jul 24, 2024

2.3 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 4 Carbon and Mistral Large 2 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 4 Carbon
✓ Preferred
Mistral Large 2
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 4 Carbon vs Mistral Large 2.

Which is better, Gemini 4 Carbon or Mistral Large 2?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 59.0 to 6.9. Gemini 4 Carbon is made by Google and Mistral Large 2 is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Gemini 4 Carbon compare to Mistral Large 2 in benchmarks?

Gemini 4 Carbon scores Gray Swan IPI Benchmark: 100.0%, Vending-Bench 2: 100.0%, Graphwalks BFS >128k: 96.2%, WebDev Arena: 88.4%, SEC-bench Pro: 88.2%. Mistral Large 2 scores GSM8k: 93.0%, HumanEval: 92.0%, MT-Bench: 86.3%, MMLU: 84.0%, MMLU French: 82.8%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 4 Carbon and Mistral Large 2?

Gemini 4 Carbon supports an unknown number of tokens and Mistral Large 2 supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Gemini 4 Carbon and Mistral Large 2?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (59.0 vs 6.9), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs Mistral Research License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 4 Carbon and Mistral Large 2?

Gemini 4 Carbon is developed by Google and Mistral Large 2 is developed by Mistral AI.

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