Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Magistral Small 2506 leads with 26.2% higher average benchmark score. Nova Lite supports multimodal inputs. 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.
Amazon
Amazon Nova Lite was developed as a lightweight multimodal model, designed to provide efficient AI capabilities for text and image understanding. Built to serve cost-sensitive applications with quick response times, it represents Amazon's entry-level offering in the Nova family.
6 months newer

Nova Lite
Amazon
2024-11-20

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

Magistral Small 2506

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

Magistral Small 2506

Nova Lite
Bedrock

Magistral Small 2506

Nova Lite

Magistral Small 2506

Nova Lite