Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Magistral Medium
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 67× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Magistral Medium's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Magistral Medium leads 33.5 to 9.9.
- Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper at $0.017 / $0.11 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $5 for Magistral Medium.
- Magistral Medium accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Magistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 35.2 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | 262K |
| Max output | 118K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | $5 |
| Results tracked | 8 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 39.2% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1319 |
Reasoning Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265), Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 16.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 6.1% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1267 |
Math Magistral Medium leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307), Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1250 |
Knowledge Magistral Medium leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304), Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1223 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1232 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1227 |
| LMArena French | — | 1267 |
| LMArena German | — | 1248 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1175 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1125 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1224 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1271 |
Instruction Following Granite 4.0 Micro leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169), Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1254 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1295 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216), Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1245 |
| WildBench | 67% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1275 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Magistral Medium?
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index. Granite 4.0 Micro costs 67× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Magistral Medium's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Granite 4.0 Micro or Magistral Medium?
Granite 4.0 Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.017 per million input tokens and $0.11 per million output tokens; Magistral Medium lists at $2 and $5.
Which has the bigger context window?
Magistral Medium does, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Magistral Medium share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.