Model comparison
Magistral Small vs Mistral Medium 3.1
Mistral Medium 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Mistral Medium 3.1 leads 10.6 to 6.8.
- Magistral Small is cheaper at $0.50 / $1.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2 for Mistral Medium 3.1.
- Mistral Medium 3.1 accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.
- Magistral Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Magistral Small | Mistral Medium 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 31.9 |
| Released | 2025-06-10 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 131K |
| Max output | 40K | 105K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | $2 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 35.2% | — |
Reasoning Mistral Medium 3.1 leads
Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350), Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 6.5% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 20.3% |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | — |
Math Not comparable
Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1476 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Small better than Mistral Medium 3.1?
Mistral Medium 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Magistral Small or Mistral Medium 3.1?
Magistral Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.1 lists at $0.40 and $2.
Which has the bigger context window?
Mistral Medium 3.1 does, with 131K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Small and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.