Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs Magistral Small
Magistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
Mistral AISummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 2 categories and Magistral Small in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Magistral Small leads 37.8 to 23.0.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | Magistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 29.9 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2025-06-10 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Small leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.0 (#327), Magistral Small: 37.8 (#172)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 776 | — |
Reasoning Dolly 2.0-12b leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 14.6 (#315), Magistral Small: 6.9 (#345)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 88.94 | 133.19 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 6.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | — |
| DTBench | — | 61.3% |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math Too close to call
Dolly 2.0-12b: 25.0 (#250), Magistral Small: 24.9 (#253)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30% |
| LMArena Math | 871 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Magistral Small: 30.9 (#215)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#291), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.9 (#299), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#306), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Magistral Small?
Magistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Magistral Small better for coding?
Magistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.8 versus 23.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Magistral Small share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.