Model comparison
Magistral Medium vs Molmo 2 8b
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Medium scores higher in 0 categories and Molmo 2 8b in 4 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Molmo 2 8b leads 25.6 to 8.6.
Side by side
| Magistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| Noometry Index | 35.2 | 39.1 |
| Released | 2025-03-17 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $5 | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 5 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 39.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1319 | — |
Reasoning Molmo 2 8b leads
Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348), Molmo 2 8b: 25.6 (#146)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1267 | 1287 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 16.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 6.1% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
Math Not comparable
Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1250 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Magistral Medium: —, Molmo 2 8b: 30.2 (#112)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1081 |
Multilingual Molmo 2 8b leads
Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224), Molmo 2 8b: 42.7 (#190)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1232 | 1276 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1227 | — |
| LMArena French | 1267 | — |
| LMArena German | 1248 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1125 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1224 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1271 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211), Molmo 2 8b: 67.0 (#201)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1254 | 1270 |
Long Context Not comparable
Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183), Molmo 2 8b: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1295 | — |
Writing & Preference Molmo 2 8b leads
Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219), Molmo 2 8b: 49.4 (#191)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Molmo 2 8b |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1255 | 1288 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1245 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Medium better than Molmo 2 8b?
Molmo 2 8b is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Medium and Molmo 2 8b share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Medium has 22 scored results on Noometry and Molmo 2 8b has 5.