Model comparison
Magistral Medium vs Mistral
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Medium scores higher in 7 categories and Mistral in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Magistral Medium leads 33.5 to 16.6.
- Magistral Medium has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Magistral Medium | Mistral | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 35.2 | 29.9 |
| Released | 2025-03-17 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $5 | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161), Mistral: 33.8 (#250)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1319 | 1162 |
| SciCode | 39.2% | — |
Reasoning Mistral leads
Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348), Mistral: 22.2 (#200)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1267 | 1149 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 16.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 6.1% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
Math Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189), Mistral: 22.3 (#278)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1250 | 1180 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |
Knowledge Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202), Mistral: 16.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1125 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |
Multilingual Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224), Mistral: 32.8 (#254)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1232 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1227 | 1109 |
| LMArena French | 1267 | 1180 |
| LMArena German | 1248 | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | 1013 |
| LMArena Korean | 1125 | 1032 |
| LMArena Russian | 1224 | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1271 | 1143 |
Instruction Following Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211), Mistral: 52.6 (#288)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1254 | 1152 |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |
Long Context Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183), Mistral: 35.0 (#245)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1295 | 1153 |
Writing & Preference Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219), Mistral: 37.0 (#260)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1255 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1245 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | 1147 |
| WildBench | — | 66% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Medium better than Mistral?
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Magistral Medium or Mistral better for coding?
Magistral Medium scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Medium and Mistral share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Medium has 22 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.