# Hy3 vs Magistral Small

> Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.2 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/hy3-vs-magistral-small
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Hy3 leads 26.1 to 6.8.
- Hy3 is cheaper at $0.0825 / $0.33 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $1.50 for Magistral Small.
- Hy3 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.

## Snapshot

| | Hy3 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Tencent | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 44.2 | 30.2 |
| Rank | 79 | 296 |
| Context | 262K | 128K |
| Input $/M | $0.0825 | $0.50 |
| Output $/M | $0.33 | $1.50 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Hy3: 46.8 (#63)
- Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1508 | — |
| SciCode | — | 35.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1464 | — |

## Reasoning

- Hy3: 26.1 (#136)
- Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 0% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 6.3% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 41.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 5% |
| CritPt | — | 0.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1447 | — |
| DTBench | — | 61.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 133.19 |

## Math

- Hy3: 40.1 (#93)
- Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30% |
| LMArena Math | 1475 | — |

## Knowledge

- Hy3: 40.8 (#114)
- Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223)

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1460 | — |

## Multilingual

- Hy3: 53.5 (#65)
- Magistral Small: —

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1426 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1493 | — |
| LMArena French | 1461 | — |
| LMArena German | 1439 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1392 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1395 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1432 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1456 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Hy3: 75.1 (#70)
- Magistral Small: —

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1426 | — |

## Long Context

- Hy3: 44.1 (#75)
- Magistral Small: —

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1442 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Hy3: 62.2 (#81)
- Magistral Small: —

| Benchmark | Hy3 | Magistral Small |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1439 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1402 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1436 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Hy3 better than Magistral Small?

Hy3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.2 to 30.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Hy3 or Magistral Small?

Hy3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.0825 per million input tokens and $0.33 per million output tokens; Magistral Small lists at $0.50 and $1.50.

### Is Hy3 or Magistral Small better for coding?

Hy3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.8 versus 38.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Hy3 does, with 262K tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Hy3 and Magistral Small share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Hy3 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Small has 10.