Model comparison
Llama 2-7B vs Magistral Small
Magistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 29.1 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 2-7B scores higher in 2 categories and Magistral Small in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Magistral Small leads 38.4 to 29.2.
Side by side
| Llama 2-7B | Magistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 30.2 |
| Released | 2023-07-18 | 2025-06-10 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Results tracked | 29 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Small leads
Llama 2-7B: 29.2 (#307), Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1002 | — |
Reasoning Llama 2-7B leads
Llama 2-7B: 15.7 (#312), Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 99.06 | 133.19 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 6.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1009 | — |
| DTBench | — | 61.3% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 39.2% | — |
| HellaSwag | 77.2% | — |
| LAMBADA | 73.3% | — |
| PIQA | 78.8% | — |
| WinoGrande | 69.2% | — |
Math Llama 2-7B leads
Llama 2-7B: 30.7 (#233), Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30% |
| LMArena Math | 1042 | — |
| GSM8K | 16.7% | — |
Knowledge Magistral Small leads
Llama 2-7B: 28.2 (#248), Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223)
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1036 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 45.9% | — |
| BoolQ | 77.9% | — |
| MMLU | 45.8% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 58.6% | — |
| TriviaQA | 73.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 2-7B: —, Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 43.1% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Llama 2-7B: 23.8 (#293), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 973 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 973 | — |
| LMArena French | 970 | — |
| LMArena German | 978 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 995 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1007 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Llama 2-7B: 50.8 (#298), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1006 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Llama 2-7B: 30.4 (#287), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 999 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Llama 2-7B: 28.0 (#298), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Llama 2-7B | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1053 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1033 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1029 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 2-7B better than Magistral Small?
Magistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 2-7B or Magistral Small better for coding?
Magistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.4 versus 29.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 2-7B and Magistral Small share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 2-7B has 29 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.