Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Magistral Medium leads with 28.4% higher average benchmark score. Magistral Medium supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Magistral Medium is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Mistral AI
Magistral Medium was introduced as a specialized model for advanced reasoning and analytical tasks, designed to handle complex problem-solving scenarios. Built to serve enterprise and professional applications requiring sophisticated reasoning, it represents Mistral's focus on high-quality analytical capabilities.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B was developed as the flagship model in the Qwen2 generation, designed to provide advanced language understanding with 72 billion parameters. Built to deliver strong performance across diverse tasks, it represented a significant advancement in Qwen's model capabilities when introduced.
10 months newer

Qwen2 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-07-23

Magistral Medium
Mistral AI
2025-06-10
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

Magistral Medium

Qwen2 72B Instruct
Magistral Medium
2025-06-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Magistral Medium

Qwen2 72B Instruct

Magistral Medium

Qwen2 72B Instruct