Model comparison
Longcat Flash Chat vs Magistral Small
Longcat Flash Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Longcat Flash Chat 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 Longcat Flash Chat leads 39.4 to 26.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 43.9% for Longcat Flash Chat and 6.3% for Magistral Small.
Side by side
| Longcat Flash Chat | Magistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meituan | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 42.1 | 30.2 |
| Released | — | 2025-06-10 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 40K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 10 |
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Category by category
Coding Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#87), Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 35.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1471 | — |
Reasoning Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 19.0 (#272), Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 43.9% | 6.3% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 17.7% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1440 | — |
| DTBench | — | 61.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 133.19 |
Math Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 39.4 (#107), Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30% |
| LMArena Math | 1442 | — |
Knowledge Longcat Flash Chat leads
Longcat Flash Chat: 40.6 (#116), Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223)
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1454 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Longcat Flash Chat: 51.9 (#101), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1465 | — |
| LMArena French | 1456 | — |
| LMArena German | 1408 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1373 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1371 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1445 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Longcat Flash Chat: 74.4 (#96), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1411 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Longcat Flash Chat: 43.5 (#93), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1425 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Longcat Flash Chat: 61.0 (#91), Magistral Small: —
| Benchmark | Longcat Flash Chat | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1388 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1418 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Longcat Flash Chat better than Magistral Small?
Longcat Flash Chat is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.1 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Longcat Flash Chat or Magistral Small better for coding?
Longcat Flash Chat scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.5 versus 38.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Longcat Flash Chat and Magistral Small share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Longcat Flash Chat has 19 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.