Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Magistral Small 2506 leads with 27.8% higher average benchmark score. GPT-4o supports multimodal inputs. GPT-4o is available on 2 providers. Overall, Magistral Small 2506 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
OpenAI
This updated version of GPT-4o was released with refinements to its multimodal capabilities and improved performance across text, vision, and audio tasks. Built to incorporate learnings from the initial GPT-4o deployment, it enhanced reliability and accuracy while maintaining the seamless cross-modal reasoning that defines the GPT-4o family.
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
OpenAI
2024-08-06

Magistral Small 2506
Mistral AI
2025-06-10
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

GPT-4o

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

GPT-4o
Azure
OpenAI


GPT-4o

Magistral Small 2506

GPT-4o

Magistral Small 2506
Magistral Small 2506