Model comparison
Magistral Small vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Molmo 2 8b leads 24.5 to 6.9.
Side by side
| Magistral Small | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 38.7 |
| 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 | 10 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Magistral Small: 37.8 (#172), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 35.2% | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Magistral Small: 6.9 (#345), Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1288 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | — |
Math Not comparable
Magistral Small: 24.9 (#253), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Magistral Small: 30.9 (#215), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1275 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1270 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1288 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Small better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Small and Molmo 2 8b share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.