Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs Magistral Medium
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B scores higher in 1 category and Magistral Medium in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Magistral Medium leads 35.1 to 14.2.
- Magistral Medium has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Magistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 35.2 |
| Released | 2024-10-03 | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $5 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Medium leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1319 |
| SciCode | — | 39.2% |
Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1209 | 1267 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 16.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 6.1% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| DTBench | 50% | — |
Math Magistral Medium leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1207 | 1250 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.6% | — |
Knowledge Magistral Medium leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1185 | 1223 |
| GPQA Diamond | 33% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), Magistral Medium: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1044 | — |
Multilingual Magistral Medium leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1215 | 1232 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1231 | 1227 |
| LMArena French | 1234 | 1267 |
| LMArena German | 1206 | 1248 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1150 | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | 1125 |
| LMArena Russian | 1236 | 1224 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1212 | 1271 |
Instruction Following Magistral Medium leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1254 |
Long Context Magistral Medium leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1219 | 1295 |
Writing & Preference Magistral Medium leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1226 | 1255 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1218 | 1245 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1185 | 1275 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than Magistral Medium?
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or Magistral Medium better for coding?
Magistral Medium scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and Magistral Medium share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.