Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Magistral Small 2506 leads with 28.9% higher average benchmark score. Overall, Magistral Small 2506 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B was created through distillation into an ultra-compact Qwen architecture, designed to enable reasoning capabilities on resource-constrained devices. Built with just 1.5 billion parameters, it brings advanced analytical techniques to edge computing and mobile scenarios.
Mistral AI
Magistral Small was created as an efficient reasoning-focused variant, designed to bring analytical capabilities to applications with tighter resource constraints. Built to balance problem-solving depth with practical deployment needs, it extends reasoning-enhanced AI to broader use cases.
4 months newer

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

Magistral Small 2506
Mistral AI
2025-06-10
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Magistral Small 2506
Magistral Small 2506
2025-06-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Magistral Small 2506

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

Magistral Small 2506