Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition)
Compare Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 by Mistral AI against Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition) by Google AI, tested across 41 shared challenges.
Our Verdict
Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition)
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1Runner-up
No community votes yet. On paper, Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition) has the edge — bigger model tier, major provider backing.
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 is 33x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
Too close to call
API pricing
Cost per 1M tokens
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1
Input
$0.10
13× cheaper
Output
$0.30
33× cheaper
Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition)
Input
$1.25
Output
$10.00
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 is cheaper on both — 13× input, 33× output
Writing DNA
Style Comparison
Similarity
57%
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 uses 28.8x more transitions
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1
Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition)
50%Vocabulary58%
17wSentence Length16w
0.56Hedging0.38
4.3Bold5.8
5.7Lists5.0
0.00Emoji0.00
0.05Headings0.63
0.34Transitions0.01
Based on 21 + 16 text responses
Research
What we learned reading every model
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