# Palm 2 vs Pixtral Large

> Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/palm-2-vs-pixtral-large
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Pixtral Large leads 32.9 to 25.6.
- Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Palm 2 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.0 | 32.2 |
| Rank | 298 | 259 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $2 |
| Output $/M | — | $6 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 994 | — |

## Reasoning

- Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)
- Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1005 | — |

## Math

- Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1049 | — |

## Multimodal

- Palm 2: —
- Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1089 |

## Multilingual

- Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 916 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 887 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1010 | — |

## Long Context

- Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1010 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)
- Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)

| Benchmark | Palm 2 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1027 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 991 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 988 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 994 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Palm 2 better than Pixtral Large?

Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.2 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Palm 2 and Pixtral Large share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Palm 2 has 10 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.