Model comparison
Magistral Small vs Nova Premier 1.0
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index. Magistral Small costs 6.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova Premier 1.0's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Magistral Small scores higher in 0 categories and Nova Premier 1.0 in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nova Premier 1.0 leads 23.0 to 6.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 6.3% for Magistral Small and 44.8% for Nova Premier 1.0.
- Magistral Small is cheaper at $0.50 / $1.50 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $12.50 for Nova Premier 1.0.
- Nova Premier 1.0 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
- Magistral Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Magistral Small | Nova Premier 1.0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 38.3 |
| Released | 2025-06-10 | 2025-04-30 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 1M |
| Max output | 40K | 10K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | $2.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | $12.50 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176), Nova Premier 1.0: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 35.2% | — |
Reasoning Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350), Nova Premier 1.0: 23.0 (#185)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | 44.8% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | — |
Math Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261), Nova Premier 1.0: 33.8 (#199)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 35% |
Knowledge Nova Premier 1.0 leads
Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223), Nova Premier 1.0: 35.8 (#180)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 72.6% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 51.8% |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Nova Premier 1.0: 66.8 (#204)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 80.3% |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Nova Premier 1.0: 51.0 (#178)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Nova Premier 1.0 |
|---|---|---|
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Small better than Nova Premier 1.0?
Nova Premier 1.0 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.3 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index. Magistral Small costs 6.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Nova Premier 1.0's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Magistral Small or Nova Premier 1.0?
Magistral Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; Nova Premier 1.0 lists at $2.50 and $12.50.
Which has the bigger context window?
Nova Premier 1.0 does, with 1M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Small and Nova Premier 1.0 share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and Nova Premier 1.0 has 6.