Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Magistral Small 2506 leads with 14.9% higher average benchmark score. Overall, Magistral Small 2506 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B was created as a compact variant optimized by NVIDIA, designed to bring Llama 3.1 capabilities to more efficient deployments. Built with NVIDIA's efficiency optimizations, it serves applications requiring strong performance 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.
2 months newer

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
NVIDIA
2025-03-18

Magistral Small 2506
Mistral AI
2025-06-10
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Magistral Small 2506
Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1
2023-12-31
Magistral Small 2506
2025-06-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Magistral Small 2506

Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B V1

Magistral Small 2506