Model comparison
Magistral Small vs Qwen1.5-14B
Qwen1.5-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen1.5-14B leads 20.5 to 6.9.
Side by side
| Magistral Small | Qwen1.5-14B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 32.1 |
| Released | 2025-06-10 | 2024-02-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 40K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 10 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Small leads
Magistral Small: 37.8 (#172), Qwen1.5-14B: 32.5 (#259)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 35.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1138 |
Reasoning Qwen1.5-14B leads
Magistral Small: 6.9 (#345), Qwen1.5-14B: 20.5 (#217)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1113 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | — |
Math Qwen1.5-14B leads
Magistral Small: 24.9 (#253), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.9 (#214)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1125 |
Knowledge Magistral Small leads
Magistral Small: 30.9 (#215), Qwen1.5-14B: 29.3 (#230)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1094 |
| MMLU | — | 68.6% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Qwen1.5-14B: 30.8 (#257)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1095 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1147 |
| LMArena French | — | 1115 |
| LMArena German | — | 1043 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1019 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1046 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1085 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Qwen1.5-14B: 57.1 (#266)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1102 |
Long Context Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#252)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1113 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Qwen1.5-14B: 33.7 (#270)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen1.5-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1128 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1091 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1110 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Small better than Qwen1.5-14B?
Qwen1.5-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 32.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Magistral Small or Qwen1.5-14B better for coding?
Magistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.8 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Small and Qwen1.5-14B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-14B has 17.