Mistral Large vs Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite vs Gemma 2 27B

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 83/100 against Mistral Large (45) and Gemma 2 27B (28). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is cheaper at $0.10 input / $0.40 output per million tokens (official Google API price). Gemma 2 27B costs $0.65 input / $0.65 output per million tokens (median across 3 API providers); Mistral Large costs $0.50 input / $1.50 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.175 per million tokens for Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite versus $0.65 for Gemma 2 27B (3.7× as much) and $0.75 for Mistral Large (4.3× as much).

There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Mistral Large has an ECI of 122.0, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has not been scored yet and Gemma 2 27B has an ECI of 122.1.

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Mistral Large, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and Gemma 2 27B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that Gemma 2 27B does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 128,000 for Mistral Large and 8,192 for Gemma 2 27B. Maximum output per response: Mistral Large up to 102,400, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite up to 65,536, Gemma 2 27B up to 2,048 tokens.

Mistral Large accepts text and PDFs; Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; Gemma 2 27B accepts text. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite handles the widest range of inputs.

Gemma 2 27B publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Mistral Large and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is proprietary.

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite is the newest, released Jun 17, 2025. Gemma 2 27B came out Jul 13, 2024; Mistral Large came out Feb 26, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Mistral Large Nov 30, 2024, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Jan 2025, Gemma 2 27B Jun 30, 2024.

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.