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.

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Devstral Small 2505 Mistral AI

34.3

Rank #233 Reported

Gemma 2 2b IT Google

33.1

Rank #248 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in coding, where Devstral Small 2505 leads 38.9 to 32.3.

Side by side

Devstral Small 2505 and Gemma 2 2b IT specifications
Devstral Small 2505Gemma 2 2b IT
ProviderMistral AIGoogle
Noometry Index34.333.1
Released2025-05-07—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.10—
Output $ / M tokens$0.30—
Results tracked417

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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)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDevstral Small 2505Gemma 2 2b IT
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)56.4%—
SciCode28.8%—
LMArena Coding—1112

Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads

Devstral Small 2505: 19.7 (#252), Gemma 2 2b IT: 21.4 (#224)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDevstral Small 2505Gemma 2 2b IT
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.7%—
CritPt0%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1113

Math Not comparable

Devstral Small 2505: —, Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.6 (#212)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDevstral Small 2505Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Math—1135

Knowledge Not comparable

Devstral Small 2505: —, Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.9 (#231)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDevstral Small 2505Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Expert—1096

Multilingual Not comparable

Devstral Small 2505: —, Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.3 (#257)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDevstral Small 2505Gemma 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)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDevstral Small 2505Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Instruction Following—1118

Long Context Not comparable

Devstral Small 2505: —, Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.3 (#250)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDevstral Small 2505Gemma 2 2b IT
LMArena Longer Query—1130

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Devstral Small 2505: —, Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.5 (#263)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDevstral Small 2505Gemma 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.

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