Model comparison
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) vs Magistral Small
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) scores higher in 3 categories and Magistral Small in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads 36.1 to 24.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 37.8% for Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and 6.3% for Magistral Small.
- Magistral Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Magistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 34.8 | 29.9 |
| Released | 2024-12-06 | 2025-06-10 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Results tracked | 54 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Small leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.2 (#308), Magistral Small: 37.8 (#172)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 13.5% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | 38.2% | — |
| SciCode | — | 35.2% |
| WeirdML | 25.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 63.4% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1351 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 59.9% | — |
| CadEval | 30% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 28.0 (#85), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 11.4% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 15.2 (#308), Magistral Small: 6.9 (#345)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 1.3% | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.8% | 6.3% |
| DTBench | 63.2% | 61.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 135.36 | 133.19 |
| SimpleBench | 31.1% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 3% |
| EnigmaEval | 1.1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 78.2% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1346 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 69.4% | — |
| LiveBench | 66.9% | — |
Math Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 36.1 (#127), Magistral Small: 24.9 (#253)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 57.8% | 30% |
| Omni-MATH | 45.9% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 75.8% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1351 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 82.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1.7% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) leads
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 32.0 (#207), Magistral Small: 30.9 (#215)
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 64.1% | 56.1% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 6.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 73.7% | — |
| Confabulations | 12.4% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 55.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1340 | — |
| MMLU | 79.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 35.9 (#74), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1158 | — |
| GeoBench | 77% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 47.6 (#144), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1342 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1373 | — |
| LMArena French | 1390 | — |
| LMArena German | 1354 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1293 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1314 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1351 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1363 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 74.6 (#91), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 85.8% | — |
| IFEval | 84.1% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1336 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 38.1 (#198), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 61.1% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1345 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025): 49.8 (#184), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1354 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1340 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.8% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1128 | — |
| WildBench | 80% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1350 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 51.3% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) better than Magistral Small?
Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) or Magistral Small better for coding?
Magistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.8 versus 28.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) and Magistral Small share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Flash (Feb 2025) has 54 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.