Model comparison
Gemma 2 9B vs Magistral Medium
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 1 category and Magistral Medium in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Magistral Medium leads 35.1 to 9.9.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 9B | Magistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 35.2 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $5 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1173 | 1319 |
| SciCode | — | 39.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 34.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 22.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 40.6% | — |
Reasoning Gemma 2 9B leads
Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1171 | 1267 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 16.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 6.1% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 15.2% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 36.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.83 | — |
| LiveBench | 28.7% | — |
| PIQA | 83.7% | — |
Math Magistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1183 | 1250 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 0.6% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 19.8% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 21% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.9% | — |
Knowledge Magistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1147 | 1223 |
| GPQA Diamond | 27.5% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.7% | — |
| MMLU | 72.1% | — |
Multilingual Magistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1188 | 1232 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1185 | 1227 |
| LMArena French | 1190 | 1267 |
| LMArena German | 1186 | 1248 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1144 | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | 1137 | 1125 |
| LMArena Russian | 1200 | 1224 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1200 | 1271 |
Instruction Following Magistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1178 | 1254 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 52.6% | — |
Long Context Magistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1197 | 1295 |
Writing & Preference Magistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 9B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1207 | 1255 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1206 | 1245 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1193 | 1275 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 841 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 25.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 9B better than Magistral Medium?
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 9B or Magistral Medium better for coding?
Magistral Medium scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Magistral Medium share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.