# Magistral Small vs Mistral Medium 3.1

> Mistral Medium 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/magistral-small-vs-mistral-medium-3-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Mistral Medium 3.1 leads 10.1 to 6.9.
- Magistral Small is cheaper at $0.50 / $1.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2 for Mistral Medium 3.1.
- Mistral Medium 3.1 accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.
- Magistral Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Magistral Small | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 31.5 |
| Rank | 289 | 260 |
| Context | 128K | 131K |
| Input $/M | $0.50 | $0.40 |
| Output $/M | $1.50 | $2 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Magistral Small: 37.8 (#172)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 35.2% | — |

## Reasoning

- Magistral Small: 6.9 (#345)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.1 (#336)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 6.5% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 20.3% |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | — |

## Math

- Magistral Small: 24.9 (#253)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | — |

## Knowledge

- Magistral Small: 30.9 (#215)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Magistral Small: —
- Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.6 (#140)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1476 |

## FAQ

### Is Magistral Small better than Mistral Medium 3.1?

Mistral Medium 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Magistral Small or Mistral Medium 3.1?

Magistral Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.1 lists at $0.40 and $2.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Medium 3.1 does, with 131K tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Magistral Small and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.