Model comparison

GPT-5.4 Pro vs Magistral Small

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index. Magistral Small costs 90× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 Pro OpenAI

58.8

Rank #16 Confirmed

Magistral Small Mistral AI

29.9

Rank #289 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher in 4 categories and Magistral Small in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5.4 Pro leads 71.0 to 6.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 94.5% for GPT-5.4 Pro and 5% for Magistral Small.
  • Magistral Small is cheaper at $0.50 / $1.50 per million input/output tokens, against $30 / $180 for GPT-5.4 Pro.
  • GPT-5.4 Pro accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
  • Magistral Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 Pro and Magistral Small specifications
GPT-5.4 ProMagistral Small
ProviderOpenAIMistral AI
Noometry Index58.829.9
Released2026-03-052025-06-10
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M128K
Max output128K40K
Input $ / M tokens$30$0.50
Output $ / M tokens$180$1.50
Results tracked1610

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 42.6 (#89), Magistral Small: 37.8 (#172)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProMagistral Small
SciCode—35.2%
WeirdML57.4%—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 71.0 (#10), Magistral Small: 6.9 (#345)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProMagistral Small
ARC-AGI-283.3%0%
ARC-AGI-194.5%5%
CritPt30%0.3%
Chess Puzzles58.6%3%
Epoch Capabilities Index159.12133.19
SimpleBench74.1%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark—6.3%
EnigmaEval23.8%—
DTBench—61.3%

Math GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 72.0 (#17), Magistral Small: 24.9 (#253)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProMagistral Small
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)82.5%—
FrontierMath Tier 458.5%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—30%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)50%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)37.5%—

Knowledge GPT-5.4 Pro leads

GPT-5.4 Pro: 68.3 (#6), Magistral Small: 30.9 (#215)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4 ProMagistral Small
GPQA Diamond94.6%56.1%
Humanity's Last Exam44.3%—
SimpleQA Verified46.3%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.3%—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 Pro better than Magistral Small?

GPT-5.4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 58.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index. Magistral Small costs 90× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4 Pro's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 Pro or Magistral Small?

Magistral Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 Pro lists at $30 and $180.

Is GPT-5.4 Pro or Magistral Small better for coding?

GPT-5.4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.6 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 Pro does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 Pro and Magistral Small share?

6 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 Pro has 16 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.

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