Model comparison
Inkling-Small vs Magistral Medium
Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 34.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling-Small scores higher in 8 categories and Magistral Medium in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Inkling-Small leads 39.0 to 8.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-1: 84% for Inkling-Small and 6.1% for Magistral Medium.
- Inkling-Small is cheaper at $0.45 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $5 for Magistral Medium.
- Inkling-Small accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Inkling-Small | Magistral Medium | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 46.5 | 34.8 |
| Released | 2026-07-15 | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 524K | 128K |
| Max output | 1.05M | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.45 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.20 | $5 |
| Results tracked | 33 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 43.3 (#80), Magistral Medium: 38.6 (#161)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 48.7% | 39.2% |
| LMArena Coding | 1451 | 1319 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1408 | — |
Reasoning Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 39.0 (#53), Magistral Medium: 8.7 (#342)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 40.1% | 0% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 84% | 6.1% |
| CritPt | 8.3% | 0.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1424 | 1267 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 16.2% |
| Chess Puzzles | 18% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 150.13 | — |
Math Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 44.9 (#65), Magistral Medium: 32.4 (#187)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1453 | 1249 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 46.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 17.1% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 90% | — |
| ProofBench | 6% | — |
Knowledge Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 48.3 (#71), Magistral Medium: 32.9 (#199)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1442 | 1222 |
| GPQA Diamond | 88.5% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 19.1% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Inkling-Small: 38.4 (#59), Magistral Medium: —
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1235 | — |
Multilingual Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 51.7 (#102), Magistral Medium: 39.8 (#219)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1400 | 1232 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1458 | 1225 |
| LMArena French | 1438 | 1268 |
| LMArena German | 1412 | 1248 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1399 | 1176 |
| LMArena Korean | 1355 | 1125 |
| LMArena Russian | 1392 | 1224 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1426 | 1269 |
Instruction Following Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 73.9 (#112), Magistral Medium: 66.2 (#207)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1397 | 1254 |
Long Context Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 42.7 (#113), Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#178)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1401 | 1295 |
Writing & Preference Inkling-Small leads
Inkling-Small: 59.8 (#102), Magistral Medium: 46.5 (#214)
| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1413 | 1255 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1330 | 1245 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1420 | 1275 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1491 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Inkling-Small better than Magistral Medium?
Inkling-Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.5 to 34.8 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Inkling-Small or Magistral Medium?
Inkling-Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.45 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Magistral Medium lists at $2 and $5.
Is Inkling-Small or Magistral Medium better for coding?
Inkling-Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.3 versus 38.6 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Inkling-Small does, with 524K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Inkling-Small and Magistral Medium share?
21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling-Small has 33 scored results on Noometry and Magistral Medium has 22.