Model comparison
Gemma 1.1 2b IT vs Magistral Small
Magistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads 18.2 to 6.9.
Side by side
| Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Magistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 29.9 |
| Released | — | 2025-06-10 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Small leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 29.6 (#294), Magistral Small: 37.8 (#172)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1034 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 17.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 23.3% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 18.2 (#268), Magistral Small: 6.9 (#345)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 6.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | — |
| DTBench | — | 61.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 133.19 |
Math Gemma 1.1 2b IT leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 28.3 (#230), Magistral Small: 24.9 (#253)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30% |
| LMArena Math | 1047 | — |
Knowledge Magistral Small leads
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 26.0 (#255), Magistral Small: 30.9 (#215)
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 970 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 24.7 (#284), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 988 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1011 | — |
| LMArena German | 944 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 899 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 990 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 50.1 (#294), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 992 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 30.5 (#281), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1003 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 1.1 2b IT: 25.3 (#301), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemma 1.1 2b IT | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1022 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 998 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 958 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT better than Magistral Small?
Magistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 1.1 2b IT or Magistral Small better for coding?
Magistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.8 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 1.1 2b IT and Magistral Small share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 1.1 2b IT has 16 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.