Model comparison
Magistral Small vs Mistral Large 4
Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Mistral Large 4 leads 22.5 to 6.8.
- Magistral Small is cheaper at $0.50 / $1.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.68 / $2.09 for Mistral Large 4.
- Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
- Magistral Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Magistral Small | Mistral Large 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 43.1 |
| Released | 2025-06-10 | 2026-10-06 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 40K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | $0.68 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | $2.09 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Large 4 leads
Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176), Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1541 |
| SciCode | 35.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1475 |
Reasoning Mistral Large 4 leads
Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350), Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 27.4% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1444 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | — |
Math Mistral Large 4 leads
Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261), Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1488 |
Knowledge Mistral Large 4 leads
Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223), Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 20% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1447 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1415 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1491 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1414 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1424 |
Long Context Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1429 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Mistral Large 4 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1427 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1361 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1424 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Small better than Mistral Large 4?
Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Magistral Small or Mistral Large 4?
Magistral Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 4 lists at $0.68 and $2.09.
Is Magistral Small or Mistral Large 4 better for coding?
Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 38.4 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Small and Mistral Large 4 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Large 4 has 15.