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Magistral Medium vs Pixtral 24.09

Mistral Magistral Medium vs Mistral Pixtral 24.09 — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Magistral Medium
Mistral
Pixtral 24.09
Overview
CompanyMistralMistral
Release dateJun 10 2025Sep 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapPixtral 24.09 shipped 282 days before Magistral Medium

Which is better: Magistral Medium or Pixtral 24.09?

Magistral Medium and Pixtral 24.09 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Pixtral 24.09 shipped 282 days before Magistral Medium, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Pixtral 24.09 is an open-source / open-weight model; Magistral Medium is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Magistral Medium released?
Magistral Medium was released by Mistral on Jun 10 2025.
When was Pixtral 24.09 released?
Pixtral 24.09 was released by Mistral on Sep 2024.
Is Magistral Medium or Pixtral 24.09 open source?
Pixtral 24.09 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Magistral Medium is a proprietary model released by Mistral.

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