Magistral Small and Mistral Large 2 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Mistral Large 2 shipped 321 days before Magistral Small, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Magistral Small is proprietary, while Mistral Large 2 is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Magistral Small and Mistral Large 2 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.