Magistral Small and Ministral 3B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Ministral 3B shipped 252 days before Magistral Small, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Magistral Small is proprietary, while Ministral 3B is open weight.

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