Model comparison
Magistral Small vs Qwen1.5 4b Chat
Magistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads 18.5 to 6.8.
Side by side
| Magistral Small | Qwen1.5 4b Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 28.8 |
| Released | 2025-06-10 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 40K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 10 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Magistral Small leads
Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 29.1 (#308)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 35.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 999 |
Reasoning Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads
Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 18.5 (#279)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 976 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | — |
Math Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads
Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.4 (#234)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1026 |
Knowledge Magistral Small leads
Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.7 (#255)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 980 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.1 (#290)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 979 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1024 |
| LMArena German | — | 902 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 952 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.0 (#300)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 978 |
Long Context Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#290)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 988 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.8 (#309)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 997 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 969 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 977 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Small better than Qwen1.5 4b Chat?
Magistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.2 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Magistral Small or Qwen1.5 4b Chat better for coding?
Magistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.4 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Small and Qwen1.5 4b Chat share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13.