# Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Palm 2

> Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-medium-3-5-vs-palm-2
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 10

## Summary

- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Medium 3.5 scores higher in 6 categories and Palm 2 in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium 3.5 leads 58.5 to 25.6.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Google |
| Noometry Index | 40.2 | 30.0 |
| Rank | 152 | 298 |
| Context | 262K | — |
| Input $/M | $1.50 | — |
| Output $/M | $7.50 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)
- Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1461 | 994 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1264 | — |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295)
- Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1436 | 1005 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 41.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 12.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.35 | — |

## Math

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)
- Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1431 | 1049 |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)
- Palm 2: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1432 | — |

## Multimodal

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)
- Palm 2: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1223 | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)
- Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | 916 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1442 | 887 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | — |
| LMArena German | 1451 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1385 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1409 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)
- Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1415 | 1010 |

## Long Context

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)
- Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1415 | 1010 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)
- Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1421 | 1027 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1374 | 991 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1423 | 994 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 993 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Medium 3.5 better than Palm 2?

Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mistral Medium 3.5 or Palm 2 better for coding?

Mistral Medium 3.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.0 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.5 and Palm 2 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.