Model comparison
ERNIE 5.1 vs Magistral Medium
ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Magistral Medium in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 65.1 to 46.3.
- Magistral Medium has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| ERNIE 5.1 | Magistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Baidu | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.8 | 35.2 |
| Released | — | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $5 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 44.0 (#76), Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1488 | 1319 |
| SciCode | — | 39.2% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
ERNIE 5.1: —, Magistral Medium: —
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Search | 1227 | — |
Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 21.9 (#211), Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | 1267 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 16.2% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 23.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 6.1% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
Math ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 40.3 (#92), Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1481 | 1250 |
Knowledge ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 41.9 (#102), Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1492 | 1223 |
Multilingual ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 55.5 (#29), Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1454 | 1232 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1508 | 1227 |
| LMArena French | 1488 | 1267 |
| LMArena German | 1470 | 1248 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1422 | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | 1427 | 1125 |
| LMArena Russian | 1459 | 1224 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1473 | 1271 |
Instruction Following ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 76.7 (#37), Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1460 | 1254 |
Long Context ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#59), Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1462 | 1295 |
Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 65.1 (#52), Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1468 | 1255 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1441 | 1245 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1471 | 1275 |
Frequently asked questions
Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Magistral Medium?
ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is ERNIE 5.1 or Magistral Medium better for coding?
ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 39.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Magistral Medium share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.