Magistral Medium 1
Analysis Summary
Magistral Medium 1 is Mistral's medium-sized reasoning model, with a low overall intelligence result but stronger task-level evidence than most models in this batch. It records 0.679 on GPQA and 0.527 on a live coding benchmark. Its terminal benchmark and tool-use-related result are much weaker, so the available results support coding evaluation more than dependable autonomous operation.
For businesses, it is a candidate for supervised coding assistance and selected analytical tasks where answers can be checked. Its weak measured terminal performance argues against making it the core of an unattended software agent. Pricing, speed, and context capacity are not included, which prevents a clear cost or long-document assessment. Teams should test it on their own code and reasoning tasks before broad adoption.
Assessed September 23, 2026
Editorial notes
Magistral Medium 1 has the strongest coding evidence in this batch, alongside measured reasoning results, though the supplied data does not establish reliable agentic performance.
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DFO Verdict
Magistral Medium 1 has the strongest coding evidence in this batch, alongside measured reasoning results, though the supplied data does not establish reliable agentic performance.
Benchmarks
Artificial Analysis data refreshed Nov 7, 2026. Arena ratings from the Oct 28, 2026 text leaderboard, with style control. Bars: magenta = reasoning, ink = coding and agents, cyan = instructions and long context.
Artificial Analysis has not published coding or agentic results for Magistral Medium 1 yet. Until it does, the model sits below tested models on the Coding and AI Agents lists.
Artificial Analysis no longer lists this model, so its indexes are converted from their older scale to stay comparable.
How Magistral Medium 1 compares
Magistral Medium 1 ranks #255 of 447 AI models we track for overall intelligence. Magistral Medium 1 is currently free to use via OpenRouter.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Frequently asked questions about Magistral Medium 1
How much does Magistral Medium 1 cost?
Magistral Medium 1 is currently available for free via OpenRouter.
Who created Magistral Medium 1?
Magistral Medium 1 is developed by Mistral and was released on June 10, 2025.