Model comparison
Claude 2 vs Magistral Small
Magistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 1 category and Magistral Small in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Magistral Small leads 26.2 to 9.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.5% for Claude 2 and 30% for Magistral Small.
- Magistral Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 2 | Magistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 30.2 |
| Released | 2023-07-11 | 2025-06-10 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Claude 2: —, Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.2% |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |
Reasoning Claude 2 leads
Claude 2: 21.7 (#216), Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51.9% | 61.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | 133.19 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 6.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 3% |
Math Magistral Small leads
Claude 2: 9.3 (#320), Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | 30% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
Knowledge Magistral Small leads
Claude 2: 16.9 (#287), Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223)
| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | 56.1% |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 2 better than Magistral Small?
Magistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Magistral Small share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.