Model comparison
Mistral Small 3.2 vs Palm 2
Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
GoogleSummary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 45.0 to 25.6.
- Mistral Small 3.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3.2 | Palm 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 31.2 | 30.0 |
| Released | 2025-06-20 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0938 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.25 | — |
| Results tracked | 6 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 994 |
Reasoning Palm 2 leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1005 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.74 | — |
Math Palm 2 leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260), Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30.3% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1049 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 49.1% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 916 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 887 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1010 |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1010 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3.2 leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224), Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1027 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 991 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1255 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 994 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3.2 better than Palm 2?
Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.2 and Palm 2 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.2 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.