# Magistral Medium vs Molmo 2 8b

> Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/magistral-medium-vs-molmo-2-8b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 4

## Summary

- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Medium scores higher in 0 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 4 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Molmo 2 8b leads 25.6 to 8.6.

## Snapshot

| | Magistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 35.2 | 39.1 |
| Rank | 227 | 174 |
| Context | 262K | — |
| Input $/M | $2 | — |
| Output $/M | $5 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161)
- Molmo 2 8b: —

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 39.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1319 | — |

## Reasoning

- Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348)
- Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1267 | 1287 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 16.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 6.1% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |

## Math

- Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189)
- Molmo 2 8b: —

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1250 | — |

## Knowledge

- Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202)
- Molmo 2 8b: —

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | — |

## Multimodal

- Magistral Medium: —
- Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |

## Multilingual

- Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224)
- Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1232 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1227 | — |
| LMArena French | 1267 | — |
| LMArena German | 1248 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1125 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1224 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1271 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211)
- Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1254 | 1270 |

## Long Context

- Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183)
- Molmo 2 8b: —

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1295 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219)
- Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1255 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1245 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Magistral Medium better than Molmo 2 8b?

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Magistral Medium and Molmo 2 8b share?

4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Medium has 22 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.