Model comparison
Command R vs Magistral Small
Command R is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.0 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 2 categories and Magistral Small in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Magistral Small leads 37.8 to 28.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 46.4% for Command R and 61.3% for Magistral Small.
- Command R is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $1.50 for Magistral Small.
Side by side
| Command R | Magistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 31.0 | 29.9 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2025-06-10 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 128K |
| Max output | 4K | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.60 | $1.50 |
| Results tracked | 29 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Small leads
Command R: 28.8 (#301), Magistral Small: 37.8 (#172)
| Benchmark | Command R | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.2% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1170 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | — |
Reasoning Command R leads
Command R: 13.3 (#329), Magistral Small: 6.9 (#345)
| Benchmark | Command R | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 46.4% | 61.3% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 6.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 3% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | — |
| LMCA | 9.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 133.19 |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | — |
Math Too close to call
Command R: 25.8 (#244), Magistral Small: 24.9 (#253)
| Benchmark | Command R | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1155 | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Command R: 30.5 (#219), Magistral Small: 30.9 (#215)
| Benchmark | Command R | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | — |
| MMLU | 65.2% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Command R: 35.9 (#240), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Command R | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | — |
| LMArena French | 1161 | — |
| LMArena German | 1176 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1162 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1150 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Command R: 58.3 (#256), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Command R | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Command R: 36.3 (#226), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Command R | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Command R: 38.4 (#248), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Command R | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R better than Magistral Small?
Command R is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.0 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command R or Magistral Small?
Command R is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Magistral Small lists at $0.50 and $1.50.
Is Command R or Magistral Small better for coding?
Magistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.8 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 128K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Command R and Magistral Small share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.