Model comparison

Gemini 2.0 Pro vs Magistral Small

Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 2.0 Pro Google

38.6

Rank #171 Confirmed

Magistral Small Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #289 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 2.0 Pro scores higher in 3 categories and Magistral Small in 1 category; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 2.0 Pro leads 21.6 to 6.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 65.7% for Gemini 2.0 Pro and 56.1% for Magistral Small.
  • Magistral Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 2.0 Pro and Magistral Small specifications
Gemini 2.0 ProMagistral Small
ProviderGoogleMistral AI
Noometry Index38.629.9
Released2025-02-052025-06-10
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—128K
Max output—40K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.50
Output $ / M tokens—$1.50
Results tracked1410

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.4 (#182), Magistral Small: 37.8 (#172)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMagistral Small
Aider Polyglot35.6%—
SciCode—35.2%
LiveBench Coding63.5%—

Reasoning Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 21.6 (#194), Magistral Small: 6.9 (#345)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMagistral Small
Epoch Capabilities Index135.06133.19
ARC-AGI-2—0%
Kagi LLM Benchmark—6.3%
ARC-AGI-1—5%
CritPt—0.3%
Chess Puzzles—3%
EnigmaEval0.7%—
LiveBench Reasoning60.1%—
DTBench—61.3%
LiveBench Data Analysis68%—
LiveBench65.1%—

Math Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 37.1 (#101), Magistral Small: 24.9 (#253)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMagistral Small
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—30%
LiveBench Math71%—
MATH Level 583.5%—

Knowledge Gemini 2.0 Pro leads

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 36.5 (#156), Magistral Small: 30.9 (#215)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMagistral Small
GPQA Diamond65.7%56.1%
Confabulations18.4%—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 75.6 (#57), Magistral Small: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMagistral Small
LiveBench Instruction Following83.4%—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 29.1 (#287), Magistral Small: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMagistral Small
Fiction.LiveBench41.7%—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 2.0 Pro: 52.7 (#164), Magistral Small: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 2.0 ProMagistral Small
LiveBench Language44.9%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro better than Magistral Small?

Gemini 2.0 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 2.0 Pro or Magistral Small better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (37.4 vs 37.8); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 2.0 Pro and Magistral Small share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 2.0 Pro has 14 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.

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