Model comparison
Mistral Small 3.2 vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.2 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 25.6 to 18.1.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3.2 | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 31.2 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2025-06-20 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0938 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.25 | — |
| Results tracked | 6 | 5 |
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Category by category
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1287 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.74 | — |
Math Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30.3% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 49.1% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1276 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1270 |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1288 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1255 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3.2 better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.2 and Molmo 2 8b share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.2 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.