# Magistral Small vs Molmo 2 8b

> Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/magistral-small-vs-molmo-2-8b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Molmo 2 8b leads 24.5 to 6.9.

## Snapshot

| | Magistral Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 38.7 |
| Rank | 289 | 170 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.50 | — |
| Output $/M | $1.50 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Magistral Small: 37.8 (#172)
- Molmo 2 8b: —

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 35.2% | — |

## Reasoning

- Magistral Small: 6.9 (#345)
- Molmo 2 8b: 24.5 (#146)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1288 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | — |

## Math

- Magistral Small: 24.9 (#253)
- Molmo 2 8b: —

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | — |

## Knowledge

- Magistral Small: 30.9 (#215)
- Molmo 2 8b: —

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |

## Multimodal

- Magistral Small: —
- Molmo 2 8b: 29.5 (#106)

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

## Multilingual

- Magistral Small: —
- Molmo 2 8b: 42.8 (#186)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1275 |

## Instruction Following

- Magistral Small: —
- Molmo 2 8b: 67.2 (#196)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1270 |

## Writing & Preference

- Magistral Small: —
- Molmo 2 8b: 49.5 (#187)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1288 |

## FAQ

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

Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

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

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.