DeepSeek V2 and Magistral Small don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. DeepSeek V2 shipped 405 days before Magistral Small, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

DeepSeek V2 is open weight, while Magistral Small is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — DeepSeek V2 and Magistral Small don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.