Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Magistral Small 2506 leads with 6.7% higher average benchmark score. Overall, Magistral Small 2506 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B was developed as a compact distilled model, designed to provide reasoning capabilities in an efficient 7B parameter package. Built to extend analytical AI to a broad range of applications, it balances capability with the practical benefits of a smaller model size.
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 7B
DeepSeek
2025-01-20

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

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

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

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

Magistral Small 2506

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

Magistral Small 2506