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.
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 | Palm 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 34.3 | 30.0 |
| Released | 2025-05-07 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.30 | — |
| Results tracked | 4 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Devstral Small 2505 leads
Devstral Small 2505: 38.9 (#166), Palm 2: 29.0 (#311)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 56.4% | — |
| SciCode | 28.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 994 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Devstral Small 2505: 19.7 (#252), Palm 2: 19.1 (#271)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.7% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1005 |
Math Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Palm 2: 30.8 (#231)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1049 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Palm 2: 20.9 (#295)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 916 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 887 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Palm 2: 51.0 (#296)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1010 |
Long Context Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Palm 2: 30.8 (#285)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1010 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Palm 2: 25.6 (#304)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Palm 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.