Model comparison
Llama 2-13B vs Mistral Small 3.2
Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 2-13B scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Small 3.2 in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 45.0 to 29.8.
Side by side
| Llama 2-13B | Mistral Small 3.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 31.2 |
| Released | 2023-07-18 | 2025-06-20 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 256K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.0938 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Llama 2-13B: 30.9 (#291), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1062 | — |
Reasoning Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Llama 2-13B: 12.8 (#337), Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 106.17 | 131.74 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1051 | — |
| DTBench | 42.2% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 58.2% | — |
| HellaSwag | 80.7% | — |
| LAMBADA | 76.5% | — |
| PIQA | 80.8% | — |
| WinoGrande | 72.8% | — |
Math Llama 2-13B leads
Llama 2-13B: 31.1 (#229), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1065 | — |
| GSM8K | 36.9% | — |
Knowledge Llama 2-13B leads
Llama 2-13B: 28.1 (#249), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1030 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 60.3% | — |
| BoolQ | 82.4% | — |
| MMLU | 55.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 57% | — |
| TriviaQA | 79.6% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 2-13B: —, Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 55.8% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Llama 2-13B: 26.5 (#279), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1024 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1001 | — |
| LMArena French | 1044 | — |
| LMArena German | 1009 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 894 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 953 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1055 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1087 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Llama 2-13B: 53.3 (#287), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1045 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Llama 2-13B: 32.3 (#269), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1064 | — |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Llama 2-13B: 29.8 (#289), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-13B | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1084 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1047 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1050 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 2-13B better than Mistral Small 3.2?
Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.6 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Llama 2-13B and Mistral Small 3.2 share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-13B has 32 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.