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Gemini 4 Carbon vs Pixtral-12B

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 59.0 to -2.1.

Google · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the overall LLM Stats Score 59.0 to -2.1, 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 Pixtral-12B

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 4 Carbon
Google
Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
59.0
#2
-2.1
#373
Reasoning
54.9
#5
-4.2
#375
Coding
48.1
#3
-2.7
#284
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$0.15 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.15 / M
Context window
—
128,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
Gemini 4 Carbon
Pixtral-12B
Vision
36.0#12
-0.0#208
Multimodal
38.0#6
3.6#162
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

16 reported for Gemini 4 Carbon · 12 for Pixtral-12B

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 4 Carbon and Pixtral-12Bdon'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 Pixtral-12B specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Pixtral-12B specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

Google
Gemini 4 Carbon
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Pixtral-12B
Input128,000 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
Sun Nov 01 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Gemini 4 Carbon and Pixtral-12B support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Pixtral-12B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 4 Carbon 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.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Proprietary

Closed source

Pixtral-12B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 4 Carbon was released on 2026-10-28, while Pixtral-12B was released on 2024-09-17.

Gemini 4 Carbon is 26 months newer than Pixtral-12B.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Oct 28, 2026

3 days ago

2.1yr newer
Pixtral-12B

Sep 17, 2024

2.1 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 Pixtral-12B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 4 Carbon
✓ Preferred
Pixtral-12B
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 4 Carbon vs Pixtral-12B.

Which is better, Gemini 4 Carbon or Pixtral-12B?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 59.0 to -2.1. Gemini 4 Carbon is made by Google and Pixtral-12B 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 Pixtral-12B 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%. Pixtral-12B scores DocVQA: 90.7%, ChartQA: 81.8%, VQAv2: 78.6%, MT-Bench: 76.8%, HumanEval: 72.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 4 Carbon and Pixtral-12B?

Gemini 4 Carbon supports an unknown number of tokens and Pixtral-12B 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 Pixtral-12B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (59.0 vs -2.1), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 4 Carbon and Pixtral-12B?

Gemini 4 Carbon is developed by Google and Pixtral-12B is developed by Mistral AI.

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