Model comparison
Mistral Medium vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 36.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Medium scores higher in 4 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 1 category; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium leads 60.0 to 49.4.
Side by side
| Mistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 36.3 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2023-12-11 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 262K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $7.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 36 | 5 |
Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry
Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Medium: 34.2 (#243), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierCode | 8% | — |
| SciCode | 40.2% | — |
| WeirdML | 43.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1434 | — |
| ALE-Bench | 763.98 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Medium: 28.3 (#90), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 37.7% | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Mistral Medium: 24.0 (#167), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1426 | 1287 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 75.5% | — |
| LMCA | 26.1% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 26.9% | — |
Math Not comparable
Mistral Medium: 28.1 (#245), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 32.2% | — |
| ProofBench | 9% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1408 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 81.6% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.3% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mistral Medium: 25.0 (#265), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 59.5% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 4.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 22.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1408 | — |
Multimodal Mistral Medium leads
Mistral Medium: 35.3 (#88), Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1172 | 1081 |
Multilingual Mistral Medium leads
Mistral Medium: 52.1 (#91), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1408 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1447 | — |
| LMArena French | 1459 | — |
| LMArena German | 1432 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1378 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1380 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1411 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1433 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Medium leads
Mistral Medium: 73.7 (#116), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1398 | 1270 |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Medium: 42.9 (#114), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1406 | — |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium leads
Mistral Medium: 60.0 (#103), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1424 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1391 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 77.3% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1418 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Medium better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 36.3 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium and Molmo 2 8b share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium has 36 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.