Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs Mistral Small 3.2
Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 25.5 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 1 category and Mistral Small 3.2 in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 45.0 to 15.2.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | Mistral Small 3.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2025-06-20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 256K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.0938 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | — |
Reasoning Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.67 | 131.74 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | — |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math Dolly 2.0-12b leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30.3% |
| LMArena Math | 871 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | — |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Mistral Small 3.2?
Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Mistral Small 3.2 share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.