# Magistral Small vs StarCoder 2 3B

> Magistral Small has enough public results to be ranked (#289); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/magistral-small-vs-starcoder-2-3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Magistral Small scores higher in 1 category and StarCoder 2 3B in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Magistral Small leads 37.8 to 32.9.

## Snapshot

| | Magistral Small | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 35.8 |
| Rank | 289 | — |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.50 | — |
| Output $/M | $1.50 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Magistral Small: 37.8 (#172)
- StarCoder 2 3B: 32.9

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 35.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 21.4% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 27.4% |

## Reasoning

- Magistral Small: 6.9 (#345)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | 88.01 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |

## Math

- Magistral Small: 24.9 (#253)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 21.6% |

## Knowledge

- Magistral Small: 30.9 (#215)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 34.2% |
| MMLU | — | 36.6% |

## FAQ

### Is Magistral Small better than StarCoder 2 3B?

Magistral Small has enough public results to be ranked (#289); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Magistral Small or StarCoder 2 3B better for coding?

Magistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.8 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Magistral Small and StarCoder 2 3B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.