Model comparison
DBRX vs Magistral Small
DBRX and Magistral Small score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.4 vs 30.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
Mistral AISummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 1 category and Magistral Small in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Magistral Small leads 30.9 to 14.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 56.1% for Magistral Small.
Side by side
| DBRX | Magistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 30.2 |
| Released | 2024-03-27 | 2025-06-10 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Small leads
DBRX: 32.9 (#266), Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |
Reasoning DBRX leads
DBRX: 21.4 (#222), Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 6.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | — |
| DTBench | — | 61.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 133.19 |
Math Magistral Small leads
DBRX: 24.3 (#269), Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30% |
| LMArena Math | 1145 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
Knowledge Magistral Small leads
DBRX: 14.9 (#294), Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
DBRX: 29.3 (#268), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | DBRX | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | — |
| LMArena French | 1096 | — |
| LMArena German | 1057 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
DBRX: 57.5 (#270), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | DBRX | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
DBRX: 33.7 (#258), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | DBRX | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
DBRX: 33.6 (#275), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | DBRX | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is DBRX better than Magistral Small?
DBRX and Magistral Small score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.4 vs 30.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is DBRX or Magistral Small better for coding?
Magistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.4 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DBRX and Magistral Small share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.