Model comparison
Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Magistral Medium
Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
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- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Magistral Medium in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.5 Flash leads 62.8 to 8.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 92.5% for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 6.1% for Magistral Medium.
- Magistral Medium is cheaper at $2 / $5 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $9 for Gemini 3.5 Flash.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
- Magistral Medium has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | Magistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 54.2 | 35.2 |
| Released | 2026-05-19 | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 66K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.50 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $9 | $5 |
| Results tracked | 54 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 49.4 (#49), Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 53.1% | 39.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1492 | 1319 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 79.3% | — |
| DeepSWE | 37.4% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1499 | — |
| WeirdML | 62.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 911.02 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 24.7 (#114), Magistral Medium: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 27.5% | — |
| GBAEval | 6.7% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 14% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 5,396 | — |
Reasoning Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 62.8 (#18), Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 72.1% | 0% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 92.5% | 6.1% |
| CritPt | 13.1% | 0.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1488 | 1267 |
| SimpleBench | 76.7% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 16.2% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 92.6% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 50% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 25.4% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 4.8% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 32% | — |
| DTBench | 94.7% | — |
| LMCA | 47.1% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 58.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 154.46 | — |
| ForecastBench | 59 | — |
Math Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 60.7 (#36), Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1504 | 1250 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 62.8% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 26.8% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 76.3% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 95.6% | — |
| ProofBench | 31% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 39% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 14.6% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 66.3 (#11), Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1495 | 1223 |
| GPQA Diamond | 92.8% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 66.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.7 (#15), Magistral Medium: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1310 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.6% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1463 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 57.0 (#13), Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1476 | 1232 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1526 | 1227 |
| LMArena French | 1490 | 1267 |
| LMArena German | 1492 | 1248 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1486 | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | 1451 | 1125 |
| LMArena Russian | 1493 | 1224 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1480 | 1271 |
Instruction Following Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 77.0 (#30), Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1467 | 1254 |
Long Context Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 45.4 (#38), Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1482 | 1295 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.5 Flash leads
Gemini 3.5 Flash: 65.5 (#47), Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1482 | 1255 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1470 | 1245 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1481 | 1275 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1087 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash better than Magistral Medium?
Gemini 3.5 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.2 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Magistral Medium?
Magistral Medium is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $5 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash lists at $1.50 and $9.
Is Gemini 3.5 Flash or Magistral Medium better for coding?
Gemini 3.5 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.4 versus 39.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.5 Flash does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.5 Flash and Magistral Medium share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.5 Flash has 54 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.