Model comparison
Ministral 8B vs Palm 2
Palm 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
GoogleSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Ministral 8B scores higher in 5 categories and Palm 2 in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Ministral 8B leads 35.3 to 21.1.
- Ministral 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Ministral 8B | Palm 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 27.8 | 29.4 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 34.4 (#226), Palm 2: 28.5 (#306)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1202 | 995 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 16.2 (#140), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 11.1% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Ministral 8B: 17.7 (#279), Palm 2: 18.2 (#270)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1005 |
| DTBench | 45.7% | — |
Math Palm 2 leads
Ministral 8B: 23.7 (#262), Palm 2: 28.4 (#229)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1049 |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.9% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 12.5 (#292), Palm 2: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1170 | — |
Multilingual Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 35.3 (#242), Palm 2: 21.1 (#290)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1165 | 916 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1193 | 887 |
| LMArena Russian | 1195 | — |
Instruction Following Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 60.7 (#245), Palm 2: 51.3 (#291)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1161 | 1010 |
Long Context Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#222), Palm 2: 30.7 (#280)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1212 | 1010 |
Writing & Preference Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 39.8 (#241), Palm 2: 25.7 (#299)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Palm 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | 1027 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1175 | 991 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1166 | 994 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 8B better than Palm 2?
Palm 2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 29.4 to 27.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Ministral 8B or Palm 2 better for coding?
Ministral 8B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.4 versus 28.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 8B and Palm 2 share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 8B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Palm 2 has 10.