Model comparison
Mistral Small 3.1 vs Palm 2
Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.7 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
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GoogleSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher in 6 categories and Palm 2 in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Mistral Small 3.1 leads 41.2 to 20.9.
- Mistral Small 3.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3.1 | Palm 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 31.7 | 30.0 |
| Released | 2025-03-17 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 102K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.35 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.56 | — |
| Results tracked | 28 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 38.3 (#179), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1309 | 994 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Mistral Small 3.1: 19.7 (#254), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1278 | 1005 |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.48 | — |
Math Palm 2 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 14.7 (#301), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1262 | 1049 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 3.9% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 24.8% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#271), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 41.9% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 61% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1257 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.1: 33.2 (#99), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1136 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 41.2 (#209), Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1255 | 916 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1253 | 887 |
| LMArena French | 1273 | — |
| LMArena German | 1266 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1263 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1283 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 63.6 (#230), Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1264 | 1010 |
| IFEval | 75% | — |
Long Context Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#178), Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1299 | 1010 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 37.0 (#259), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1277 | 1027 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1253 | 991 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1270 | 994 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 761 | — |
| WildBench | 78.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3.1 better than Palm 2?
Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.7 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Small 3.1 or Palm 2 better for coding?
Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.3 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.1 and Palm 2 share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.1 has 28 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.