Model comparison
Gemma 2 2b IT vs Magistral Medium
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.8 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 2b IT scores higher in 1 category and Magistral Medium in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemma 2 2b IT leads 20.5 to 8.7.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 2b IT | Magistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 32.5 | 34.8 |
| Released | — | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $5 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 31.8 (#268), Magistral Medium: 38.6 (#161)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1112 | 1319 |
| SciCode | — | 39.2% |
Reasoning Gemma 2 2b IT leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 20.5 (#219), Magistral Medium: 8.7 (#342)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1267 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 16.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 6.1% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
Math Magistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 30.1 (#212), Magistral Medium: 32.4 (#187)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1135 | 1249 |
Knowledge Magistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 29.3 (#229), Magistral Medium: 32.9 (#199)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1096 | 1222 |
Multilingual Magistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 32.5 (#252), Magistral Medium: 39.8 (#219)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1121 | 1232 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1132 | 1225 |
| LMArena French | 1156 | 1268 |
| LMArena German | 1114 | 1248 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1083 | 1176 |
| LMArena Korean | 1055 | 1125 |
| LMArena Russian | 1118 | 1224 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1140 | 1269 |
Instruction Following Magistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 58.1 (#258), Magistral Medium: 66.2 (#207)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1118 | 1254 |
Long Context Magistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 34.2 (#245), Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#178)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1130 | 1295 |
Writing & Preference Magistral Medium leads
Gemma 2 2b IT: 36.6 (#258), Magistral Medium: 46.5 (#214)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 2b IT | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1156 | 1255 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1147 | 1245 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1118 | 1275 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 2b IT better than Magistral Medium?
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.8 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 2b IT or Magistral Medium better for coding?
Magistral Medium scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.6 versus 31.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 2b IT and Magistral Medium share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 2b IT has 17 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.