Model comparison
Mistral Small 3 vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small 3 scores higher in 0 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Molmo 2 8b leads 49.4 to 32.2.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3 | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 31.2 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2025-01-30 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 33K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.08 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.3% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1246 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 50.4% | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1233 | 1287 |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.07 | — |
Math Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 6.7% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1240 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| Confabulations | 25.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1202 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads
Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1198 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1204 | — |
| LMArena French | 1203 | — |
| LMArena German | 1211 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1111 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1188 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | — |
Instruction Following Molmo 2 8b leads
Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1214 | 1270 |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1246 | — |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1234 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1195 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 707 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1217 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3 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 and Molmo 2 8b share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.