# Magistral Medium vs Mistral

> Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/magistral-medium-vs-mistral
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Medium scores higher in 7 categories and Mistral in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Magistral Medium leads 33.5 to 16.6.
- Magistral Medium has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Magistral Medium | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 35.2 | 29.9 |
| Rank | 227 | 303 |
| Context | 262K | — |
| Input $/M | $2 | — |
| Output $/M | $5 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161)
- Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1319 | 1162 |
| SciCode | 39.2% | — |

## Reasoning

- Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348)
- Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1267 | 1149 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 16.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 6.1% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |

## Math

- Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189)
- Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1250 | 1180 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |

## Knowledge

- Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202)
- Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1125 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |

## Multilingual

- Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224)
- Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1232 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1227 | 1109 |
| LMArena French | 1267 | 1180 |
| LMArena German | 1248 | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | 1013 |
| LMArena Korean | 1125 | 1032 |
| LMArena Russian | 1224 | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1271 | 1143 |

## Instruction Following

- Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211)
- Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1254 | 1152 |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |

## Long Context

- Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183)
- Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1295 | 1153 |

## Writing & Preference

- Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219)
- Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1255 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1245 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | 1147 |
| WildBench | — | 66% |

## FAQ

### Is Magistral Medium better than Mistral?

Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Magistral Medium or Mistral better for coding?

Magistral Medium scores higher on coding benchmarks: 39.1 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Magistral Medium and Mistral share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Medium has 22 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.