Model comparison
Grok-3 mini vs Magistral Small
Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-3 mini scores higher in 4 categories and Magistral Small in 0 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Grok-3 mini leads 42.1 to 26.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 61.3% for Grok-3 mini and 6.3% for Magistral Small.
- Magistral Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Grok-3 mini | Magistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 41.2 | 30.2 |
| Released | 2025-04-09 | 2025-06-10 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 40.8 (#131), Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 49.3% | — |
| SciCode | — | 35.2% |
| WeirdML | 42.6% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1379 | — |
Reasoning Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 13.6 (#334), Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.4% | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 61.3% | 6.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 16.5% | 5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 140.35 | 133.19 |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1375 | — |
| DTBench | — | 61.3% |
Math Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 42.1 (#85), Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 77.8% | 30% |
| Omni-MATH | 31.8% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1386 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 90.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 5.9% | — |
Knowledge Grok-3 mini leads
Grok-3 mini: 46.4 (#81), Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223)
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 76.3% | 56.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.9% | — |
| Confabulations | 10.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 67.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1395 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Grok-3 mini: 48.1 (#145), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1352 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1387 | — |
| LMArena French | 1357 | — |
| LMArena German | 1349 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1342 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1335 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1353 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1381 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Grok-3 mini: 78.5 (#9), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 95.1% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1357 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Grok-3 mini: 41.0 (#147), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | 66.7% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1372 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Grok-3 mini: 52.5 (#169), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Grok-3 mini | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1370 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1342 | — |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 73.5% | — |
| WildBench | 65.1% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1355 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok-3 mini better than Magistral Small?
Grok-3 mini is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.2 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok-3 mini or Magistral Small better for coding?
Grok-3 mini scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 38.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok-3 mini and Magistral Small share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-3 mini has 35 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.