Model comparison
Magistral Small vs Step 3
Step 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
StepFunSummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Magistral Small scores higher in 0 categories and Step 3 in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Step 3 leads 28.4 to 6.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 6.3% for Magistral Small and 62.3% for Step 3.
Side by side
| Magistral Small | Step 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | StepFun |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 40.5 |
| 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 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Step 3 leads
Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176), Step 3: 40.1 (#147)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 35.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1367 |
Reasoning Step 3 leads
Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350), Step 3: 28.4 (#105)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | 62.3% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1355 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | — |
Math Step 3 leads
Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261), Step 3: 37.6 (#148)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1366 |
Knowledge Step 3 leads
Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223), Step 3: 36.8 (#164)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1333 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Step 3: 35.5 (#86)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1177 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Step 3: 46.3 (#159)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1327 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1397 |
| LMArena German | — | 1371 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1269 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1331 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1371 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Step 3: 70.4 (#164)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1332 |
Long Context Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Step 3: 40.3 (#157)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1326 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Magistral Small: —, Step 3: 54.3 (#151)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Step 3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1350 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1321 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1341 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Small better than Step 3?
Step 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.5 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Magistral Small or Step 3 better for coding?
Step 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.1 versus 38.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Small and Step 3 share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and Step 3 has 17.