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Magistral Small vs Ministral 3B

Mistral Magistral Small vs Mistral Ministral 3B — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Magistral Small
Mistral
Ministral 3B
Overview
CompanyMistralMistral
Release dateJun 10 2025Oct 2024
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapMinistral 3B shipped 252 days before Magistral Small

Which is better: Magistral Small or Ministral 3B?

Magistral Small and Ministral 3B do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Ministral 3B shipped 252 days before Magistral Small, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Ministral 3B is an open-source / open-weight model; Magistral Small 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 Small released?
Magistral Small was released by Mistral on Jun 10 2025.
When was Ministral 3B released?
Ministral 3B was released by Mistral on Oct 2024.
Is Magistral Small or Ministral 3B open source?
Ministral 3B is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Magistral Small is a proprietary model released by Mistral.

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