Model comparison
ERNIE 5.1 vs Magistral Small
ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
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Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 20.9 to 6.9.
- Magistral Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| ERNIE 5.1 | Magistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Baidu | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 29.9 |
| Released | — | 2025-06-10 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 43.4 (#78), Magistral Small: 37.8 (#172)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1488 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
ERNIE 5.1: —, Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Search | 1227 | — |
Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 20.9 (#209), Magistral Small: 6.9 (#345)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 6.3% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 23.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | — |
| DTBench | — | 61.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 133.19 |
Math ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 37.5 (#96), Magistral Small: 24.9 (#253)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30% |
| LMArena Math | 1481 | — |
Knowledge ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 41.2 (#103), Magistral Small: 30.9 (#215)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1491 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
ERNIE 5.1: 55.7 (#28), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1455 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1507 | — |
| LMArena French | 1486 | — |
| LMArena German | 1470 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1422 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1428 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1459 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1472 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
ERNIE 5.1: 76.9 (#35), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1460 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#56), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1462 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
ERNIE 5.1: 65.3 (#50), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1468 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1440 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1471 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Magistral Small?
ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is ERNIE 5.1 or Magistral Small better for coding?
ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Magistral Small share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.