# Dolly 2.0-12b vs Mistral

> Mistral is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dolly-2-0-12b-vs-mistral
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 9

## Summary

- They share 9 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 1 category and Mistral in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral leads 37.0 to 15.2.
- Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Dolly 2.0-12b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 29.9 |
| Rank | 342 | 303 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332)
- Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1162 |

## Reasoning

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316)
- Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1149 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.67 | — |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |

## Math

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251)
- Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1180 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |

## Knowledge

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1125 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |

## Multilingual

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296)
- Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1109 |
| LMArena French | — | 1180 |
| LMArena German | — | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1013 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1032 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1143 |

## Instruction Following

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304)
- Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1152 |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |

## Long Context

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1153 |

## Writing & Preference

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311)
- Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1147 |
| WildBench | — | 66% |

## FAQ

### Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Mistral?

Mistral is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.9 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Mistral better for coding?

Mistral scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.8 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Mistral share?

9 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.