Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Magistral Small 2506 leads with 28.0% higher average benchmark score. GPT-4o mini supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Magistral Small 2506 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
OpenAI
GPT-4o Mini was created as a smaller, more efficient variant of GPT-4o, designed to bring multimodal capabilities to applications requiring faster response times and lower costs. Built to democratize access to advanced vision and text understanding, it enables developers to build sophisticated applications with reduced resource requirements.
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.
10 months newer

GPT-4o mini
OpenAI
2024-07-18

Magistral Small 2506
Mistral AI
2025-06-10
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

GPT-4o mini

Magistral Small 2506
GPT-4o mini
2023-10-01
Magistral Small 2506
2025-06-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

GPT-4o mini
Azure

Magistral Small 2506

GPT-4o mini

Magistral Small 2506

GPT-4o mini

Magistral Small 2506