Model comparison

Devstral Small 2505 vs Palm 2

Devstral Small 2505 is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Devstral Small 2505 Mistral AI

34.3

Rank #233 Reported

Palm 2 Google

30.0

Rank #298 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in coding, where Devstral Small 2505 leads 38.9 to 29.0.
  • Devstral Small 2505 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Devstral Small 2505 and Palm 2 specifications
Devstral Small 2505Palm 2
ProviderMistral AIGoogle
Noometry Index34.330.0
Released2025-05-07—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window128K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.10—
Output $ / M tokens$0.30—
Results tracked410

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Category by category

Coding Devstral Small 2505 leads

Devstral Small 2505: 38.9 (#166), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDevstral Small 2505Palm 2
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)56.4%—
SciCode28.8%—
LMArena Coding—994

Reasoning Too close to call

Devstral Small 2505: 19.7 (#252), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDevstral Small 2505Palm 2
Kagi LLM Benchmark37.7%—
CritPt0%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1005

Math Not comparable

Devstral Small 2505: —, Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDevstral Small 2505Palm 2
LMArena Math—1049

Multilingual Not comparable

Devstral Small 2505: —, Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDevstral Small 2505Palm 2
LMArena Non-English—916
LMArena Chinese—887

Instruction Following Not comparable

Devstral Small 2505: —, Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDevstral Small 2505Palm 2
LMArena Instruction Following—1010

Long Context Not comparable

Devstral Small 2505: —, Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDevstral Small 2505Palm 2
LMArena Longer Query—1010

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Devstral Small 2505: —, Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDevstral Small 2505Palm 2
LMArena Text—1027
LMArena Creative Writing—991
LMArena Multi-Turn—994

Frequently asked questions

Is Devstral Small 2505 better than Palm 2?

Devstral Small 2505 is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Devstral Small 2505 or Palm 2 better for coding?

Devstral Small 2505 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 29.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Devstral Small 2505 and Palm 2 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Devstral Small 2505 has 4 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.

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