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Model comparison

Magistral Medium vs Mistral Large 4

Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.

Magistral Medium Mistral AI

35.2

Rank #227 Confirmed

Mistral Large 4 Mistral AI

43.1

Rank #99 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Medium scores higher in 0 categories and Mistral Large 4 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 4 leads 60.4 to 46.3.
  • Mistral Large 4 is cheaper at $0.68 / $2.09 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $5 for Magistral Medium.
  • Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
  • Magistral Medium has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Magistral MediumMistral Large 4
ProviderMistral AIMistral AI
Noometry Index35.243.1
Released2025-03-172026-10-06
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window262K1.05M
Max output16K262K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.68
Output $ / M tokens$5$2.09
Results tracked2215

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Category by category

Coding Mistral Large 4 leads

Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161), Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)

BenchmarkMagistral MediumMistral Large 4
LMArena Coding13191475
LMArena WebDev—1541
SciCode39.2%—

Reasoning Mistral Large 4 leads

Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348), Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)

BenchmarkMagistral MediumMistral Large 4
LMArena Hard Prompts12671444
ARC-AGI-20%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark16.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)—27.4%
ARC-AGI-16.1%—
CritPt0.3%—

Math Mistral Large 4 leads

Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189), Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)

BenchmarkMagistral MediumMistral Large 4
LMArena Math12501488

Knowledge Mistral Large 4 leads

Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202), Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)

BenchmarkMagistral MediumMistral Large 4
LMArena Expert12231447
SimpleQA Verified—20%

Multilingual Mistral Large 4 leads

Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224), Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)

BenchmarkMagistral MediumMistral Large 4
LMArena Non-English12321415
LMArena Chinese12271491
LMArena Russian12241414
LMArena French1267—
LMArena German1248—
LMArena Japanese1175—
LMArena Korean1125—
LMArena Spanish1271—

Instruction Following Mistral Large 4 leads

Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211), Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)

BenchmarkMagistral MediumMistral Large 4
LMArena Instruction Following12541424

Long Context Mistral Large 4 leads

Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183), Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)

BenchmarkMagistral MediumMistral Large 4
LMArena Longer Query12951429

Writing & Preference Mistral Large 4 leads

Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219), Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)

BenchmarkMagistral MediumMistral Large 4
LMArena Text12551427
LMArena Creative Writing12451361
LMArena Multi-Turn12751424

Frequently asked questions

Is Magistral Medium better than Mistral Large 4?

Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Magistral Medium or Mistral Large 4?

Mistral Large 4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.68 per million input tokens and $2.09 per million output tokens; Magistral Medium lists at $2 and $5.

Is Magistral Medium or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?

Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 39.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks do Magistral Medium and Mistral Large 4 share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Medium has 22 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.

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