Noometry

Model comparison

Mistral Small vs Step 2 16k Exp 202412

Step 2 16k Exp 202412 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Mistral Small Mistral AI

33.4

Rank #243 Confirmed

Step 2 16k Exp 202412 StepFun

39.2

Rank #171 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small scores higher in 3 categories and Step 2 16k Exp 202412 in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads 36.3 to 16.4.
  • Mistral Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Mistral SmallStep 2 16k Exp 202412
ProviderMistral AIStepFun
Noometry Index33.439.2
Released2024-02-26—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K—
Max output256K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.15—
Output $ / M tokens$0.60—
Results tracked3912

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Category by category

Coding Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads

Mistral Small: 34.0 (#247), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 38.5 (#174)

BenchmarkMistral SmallStep 2 16k Exp 202412
LMArena Coding13621316
SciCode26.5%—
BigCodeBench Instruct36.1%—
LiveBench Coding36.2%—
BigCodeBench Complete46.6%—
ALE-Bench497.62—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Mistral Small: 28.1 (#93), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: —

BenchmarkMistral SmallStep 2 16k Exp 202412
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard37.1%—

Reasoning Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads

Mistral Small: 19.8 (#250), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 25.9 (#142)

BenchmarkMistral SmallStep 2 16k Exp 202412
LMArena Hard Prompts13351299
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.8%—
CritPt0%—
LiveBench Reasoning44.8%—
DTBench70.9%—
LiveBench Data Analysis53.7%—
LMCA20.6%—
LiveBench44%—

Math Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads

Mistral Small: 16.4 (#293), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 36.3 (#169)

BenchmarkMistral SmallStep 2 16k Exp 202412
LMArena Math13411304
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20255.8%—
LiveBench Math39.9%—
MATH Level 546.8%—

Knowledge Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads

Mistral Small: 31.0 (#222), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 35.2 (#187)

BenchmarkMistral SmallStep 2 16k Exp 202412
LMArena Expert12911279
GPQA Diamond47.5%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.1%—
MMLU68.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Mistral Small: 33.5 (#96), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: —

BenchmarkMistral SmallStep 2 16k Exp 202412
LMArena Vision1142—

Multilingual Mistral Small leads

Mistral Small: 45.5 (#169), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 43.7 (#181)

BenchmarkMistral SmallStep 2 16k Exp 202412
LMArena Non-English13151290
LMArena Chinese13401331
LMArena Russian13241324
LMArena French1337—
LMArena German1340—
LMArena Japanese1275—
LMArena Korean1259—
LMArena Spanish1346—

Instruction Following Step 2 16k Exp 202412 leads

Mistral Small: 66.4 (#209), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 67.9 (#192)

BenchmarkMistral SmallStep 2 16k Exp 202412
LMArena Instruction Following13101287
LiveBench Instruction Following63.7%—

Long Context Too close to call

Mistral Small: 40.4 (#156), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 39.7 (#170)

BenchmarkMistral SmallStep 2 16k Exp 202412
LMArena Longer Query13271307

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Mistral Small: 52.5 (#171), Step 2 16k Exp 202412: 52.3 (#173)

BenchmarkMistral SmallStep 2 16k Exp 202412
LMArena Text13381321
LMArena Creative Writing13051328
LMArena Multi-Turn13441292
LiveBench Language30.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Mistral Small better than Step 2 16k Exp 202412?

Step 2 16k Exp 202412 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.2 to 33.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Mistral Small or Step 2 16k Exp 202412 better for coding?

Step 2 16k Exp 202412 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.5 versus 34.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Mistral Small and Step 2 16k Exp 202412 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small has 39 scored results on Noometry and Step 2 16k Exp 202412 has 12.

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