Magistral Small and Kimi Linear don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Magistral Small shipped 113 days before Kimi Linear, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Magistral Small is proprietary, while Kimi Linear is open weight.

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