# Magistral Small vs Pixtral Large

> Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index. Magistral Small costs 4.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Pixtral Large's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Pixtral Large leads 20.9 to 6.9.
- Magistral Small is cheaper at $0.50 / $1.50 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Pixtral Large.

## Snapshot

| | Magistral Small | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 31.7 |
| Rank | 289 | 257 |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Input $/M | $0.50 | $2 |
| Output $/M | $1.50 | $6 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Magistral Small: 37.8 (#172)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 35.2% | — |

## Reasoning

- Magistral Small: 6.9 (#345)
- Pixtral Large: 20.9 (#208)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | — |
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | — |

## Math

- Magistral Small: 24.9 (#253)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | — |

## Knowledge

- Magistral Small: 30.9 (#215)
- Pixtral Large: —

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |

## Multimodal

- Magistral Small: —
- Pixtral Large: 30.0 (#105)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1089 |

## Writing & Preference

- Magistral Small: —
- Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#273)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 988 |

## FAQ

### Is Magistral Small better than Pixtral Large?

Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index. Magistral Small costs 4.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Pixtral Large's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Magistral Small or Pixtral Large?

Magistral Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; Pixtral Large lists at $2 and $6.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 128K tokens.

### How many benchmarks do Magistral Small and Pixtral Large share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.