Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Magistral Small 2506 leads with 22.9% higher average benchmark score. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is available on 2 providers. Overall, Magistral Small 2506 is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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.
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 24B Instruct was created as the instruction-tuned version of the 24B base model, designed to follow user instructions reliably. Built to serve general-purpose applications requiring moderate capability, it balances performance with deployment practicality.
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Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
2025-01-30

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

Magistral Small 2506

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
2023-10-01
Magistral Small 2506
2025-06-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Magistral Small 2506

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
DeepInfra

Magistral Small 2506

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Magistral Small 2506

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
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