Model comparison
Magistral Medium vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.8 to 32.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Medium scores higher in 0 categories and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads 21.7 to 8.7.
- Magistral Medium has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Magistral Medium | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 34.8 | 32.8 |
| Released | 2025-03-17 | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $5 | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Magistral Medium: 38.6 (#161), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.2 (#130)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 39.2% | 42.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1319 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Magistral Medium: —, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#127)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | — | 2% |
Reasoning Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Magistral Medium: 8.7 (#342), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.7 (#189)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0.3% | 0% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 16.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 6.1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1267 | — |
Math Not comparable
Magistral Medium: 32.4 (#187), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1249 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Magistral Medium: 32.9 (#199), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1222 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Magistral Medium: 39.8 (#219), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1232 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1225 | — |
| LMArena French | 1268 | — |
| LMArena German | 1248 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1176 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1125 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1224 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1269 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Magistral Medium: 66.2 (#207), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1254 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#178), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1295 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Magistral Medium: 46.5 (#214), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1255 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1245 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Medium better than Nova 2.0 Pro Preview?
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.8 to 32.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Magistral Medium or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better for coding?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.2 versus 38.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Medium and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Medium has 22 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3.