Model comparison
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Magistral Small
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 1 category and Magistral Small in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads 21.7 to 6.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 16.3% for Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and 30% for Magistral Small.
- Magistral Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Magistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 33.2 | 30.2 |
| Released | 2024-05-14 | 2025-06-10 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Results tracked | 42 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 34.4 (#236), Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.2% |
| WeirdML | 24.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1261 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.6 (#102), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
Reasoning Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 21.7 (#215), Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 53.8% | 61.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.36 | 133.19 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 6.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | — |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |
Math Magistral Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 22.1 (#281), Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | 30% |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1269 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |
Knowledge Magistral Small leads
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#260), Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223)
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | 56.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 36.0 (#81), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | — |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 42.9 (#189), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | — |
| LMArena French | 1258 | — |
| LMArena German | 1262 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1221 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1243 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 66.8 (#205), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#187), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.7 (#196), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | — |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Magistral Small?
Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.2 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Magistral Small better for coding?
Magistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.4 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Magistral Small share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.