Model comparison
Llama 3.1-70B vs Magistral Small
Llama 3.1-70B and Magistral Small score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.6 vs 30.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Mistral AISummary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3.1-70B 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 Llama 3.1-70B leads 21.6 to 6.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 3.6% for Llama 3.1-70B and 30% for Magistral Small.
- Llama 3.1-70B is cheaper at $0.40 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $1.50 for Magistral Small.
Side by side
| Llama 3.1-70B | Magistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.6 | 30.2 |
| Released | 2024-07-23 | 2025-06-10 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 128K |
| Max output | 4K | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.40 | $1.50 |
| Results tracked | 35 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Small leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 30.3 (#296), Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.2% |
| WeirdML | 9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 46.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1260 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54.8% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Llama 3.1-70B: 25.1 (#112), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | 6.9% | — |
| BALROG | 27.9% | — |
Reasoning Llama 3.1-70B leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 21.6 (#220), Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 60% | 61.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 125.92 | 133.19 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 6.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1241 | — |
| LMCA | 14.8% | — |
Math Magistral Small leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 13.5 (#304), Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 3.6% | 30% |
| Omni-MATH | 21% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1252 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 36.7% | — |
Knowledge Magistral Small leads
Llama 3.1-70B: 24.2 (#269), Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223)
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 44.2% | 56.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | 65.3% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 42.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1209 | — |
| MMLU | 80.1% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Llama 3.1-70B: 38.8 (#225), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1219 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1215 | — |
| LMArena French | 1261 | — |
| LMArena German | 1222 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1132 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1140 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1234 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1253 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Llama 3.1-70B: 65.3 (#223), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 82.1% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1231 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Llama 3.1-70B: 37.6 (#214), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1241 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Llama 3.1-70B: 35.4 (#267), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Llama 3.1-70B | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1261 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1232 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 784 | — |
| WildBench | 75.8% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1256 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3.1-70B better than Magistral Small?
Llama 3.1-70B and Magistral Small score almost the same on the Noometry Index (29.6 vs 30.2), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Llama 3.1-70B or Magistral Small?
Llama 3.1-70B is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Magistral Small lists at $0.50 and $1.50.
Is Llama 3.1-70B or Magistral Small better for coding?
Magistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.4 versus 30.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 128K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3.1-70B and Magistral Small share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3.1-70B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.