# Mistral Small vs Olmo 7b Instruct

> Mistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-small-vs-olmo-7b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 10

## Summary

- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small scores higher in 5 categories and Olmo 7b Instruct in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Small leads 52.5 to 25.8.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Small | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 33.4 | 30.3 |
| Rank | 243 | 295 |
| Context | 262K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.15 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.60 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Small: 34.0 (#247)
- Olmo 7b Instruct: 29.6 (#303)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1362 | 1016 |
| SciCode | 26.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 36.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 36.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 46.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 497.62 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Mistral Small: 28.1 (#93)
- Olmo 7b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 37.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Small: 19.8 (#250)
- Olmo 7b Instruct: 18.8 (#274)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1335 | 993 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.8% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 44.8% | — |
| DTBench | 70.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 53.7% | — |
| LMCA | 20.6% | — |
| LiveBench | 44% | — |

## Math

- Mistral Small: 16.4 (#293)
- Olmo 7b Instruct: 30.2 (#237)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1341 | 1018 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 5.8% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 39.9% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 46.8% | — |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Small: 31.0 (#222)
- Olmo 7b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1291 | — |
| MMLU | 68.7% | — |

## Multimodal

- Mistral Small: 33.5 (#96)
- Olmo 7b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1142 | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Small: 45.5 (#169)
- Olmo 7b Instruct: 24.0 (#291)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1315 | 977 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1340 | 1014 |
| LMArena Russian | 1324 | 947 |
| LMArena French | 1337 | — |
| LMArena German | 1340 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1275 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1259 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1346 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Small: 66.4 (#209)
- Olmo 7b Instruct: 49.0 (#301)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1310 | 978 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 63.7% | — |

## Long Context

- Mistral Small: 40.4 (#156)
- Olmo 7b Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1327 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Small: 52.5 (#171)
- Olmo 7b Instruct: 25.8 (#303)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Olmo 7b Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1338 | 1032 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1305 | 990 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1344 | 1007 |
| LiveBench Language | 30.5% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Small better than Olmo 7b Instruct?

Mistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mistral Small or Olmo 7b Instruct better for coding?

Mistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.0 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Small and Olmo 7b Instruct share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small has 39 scored results on Noometry and Olmo 7b Instruct has 10.