Model comparison
Devstral Small 2505 vs Gemma 2 2b IT
Devstral Small 2505 is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Devstral Small 2505 leads 38.9 to 32.3.
Side by side
| Devstral Small 2505 | Gemma 2 2b IT | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 34.3 | 33.1 |
| Released | 2025-05-07 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Results tracked | 4 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Devstral Small 2505 leads
Devstral Small 2505: 38.9 (#166), Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#273)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 56.4% | — |
| SciCode | 28.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1112 |
Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Devstral Small 2505: 19.7 (#252), Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.7% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1113 |
Math Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1135 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1096 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1121 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1132 |
| LMArena French | — | 1157 |
| LMArena German | — | 1114 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1083 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1055 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1118 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1140 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Gemma 2 2b IT: 57.8 (#263)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1118 |
Long Context Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1130 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Gemma 2 2b IT |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1156 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1147 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1118 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Devstral Small 2505 better than Gemma 2 2b IT?
Devstral Small 2505 is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 33.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Devstral Small 2505 or Gemma 2 2b IT better for coding?
Devstral Small 2505 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 32.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Devstral Small 2505 and Gemma 2 2b IT share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Devstral Small 2505 has 4 scored results on Noometry and Gemma 2 2b IT has 17.