Magistral Medium and Mistral Small 3 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Mistral Small 3 shipped 160 days before Magistral Medium, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Magistral Medium is proprietary, while Mistral Small 3 is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Magistral Medium and Mistral Small 3 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.