# Llama 13b vs Magistral Medium

> Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/llama-13b-vs-magistral-medium
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 8

## Summary

- They share 8 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 13b scores higher in 1 category and Magistral Medium in 5 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Magistral Medium leads 46.3 to 13.8.

## Snapshot

| | Llama 13b | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 24.4 | 35.2 |
| Rank | 348 | 227 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $2 |
| Output $/M | — | $5 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Llama 13b: 21.4 (#337)
- Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 683 | 1319 |
| SciCode | — | 39.2% |

## Reasoning

- Llama 13b: 14.0 (#329)
- Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 728 | 1267 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 16.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 6.1% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 37.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 100.58 | — |
| HellaSwag | 79.2% | — |
| LAMBADA | 75.2% | — |
| PIQA | 80.1% | — |
| WinoGrande | 73% | — |

## Math

- Llama 13b: 26.7 (#256)
- Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 838 | 1250 |
| GSM8K | 20.6% | — |

## Knowledge

- Llama 13b: —
- Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1223 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 52.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 78.7% | — |
| MMLU | 47.7% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 56.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 77.9% | — |

## Multimodal

- Llama 13b: —
- Magistral Medium: —

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| ScienceQA | 43.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Llama 13b: 16.6 (#297)
- Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 819 | 1232 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1227 |
| LMArena French | — | 1267 |
| LMArena German | — | 1248 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1125 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1224 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1271 |

## Instruction Following

- Llama 13b: 36.7 (#305)
- Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 781 | 1254 |

## Long Context

- Llama 13b: —
- Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1295 |

## Writing & Preference

- Llama 13b: 13.8 (#312)
- Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219)

| Benchmark | Llama 13b | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 834 | 1255 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 794 | 1245 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 753 | 1275 |

## FAQ

### Is Llama 13b better than Magistral Medium?

Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 24.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Llama 13b or Magistral Medium better for coding?

Magistral Medium scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 21.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Llama 13b and Magistral Medium share?

8 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 13b has 21 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.