# Claude 2 vs Magistral Small

> Magistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-2-vs-magistral-small
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 4

## Summary

- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 2 scores higher in 1 category and Magistral Small in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Magistral Small leads 26.2 to 9.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.5% for Claude 2 and 30% for Magistral Small.
- Magistral Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 2 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 25.0 | 30.2 |
| Rank | 346 | 296 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.50 |
| Output $/M | — | $1.50 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Claude 2: —
- Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.2% |
| HumanEval+ | 61.6% | — |

## Reasoning

- Claude 2: 21.7 (#216)
- Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 51.9% | 61.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.13 | 133.19 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 6.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 3% |

## Math

- Claude 2: 9.3 (#320)
- Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | 30% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Claude 2: 16.9 (#287)
- Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223)

| Benchmark | Claude 2 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.7% | 56.1% |
| MMLU | 78.5% | — |
| TriviaQA | 87.5% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 2 better than Magistral Small?

Magistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 25.0 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 2 and Magistral Small share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 2 has 8 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.