Magistral Small 1.2
Analysis Summary
Magistral Small 1.2 is Mistral's compact reasoning-oriented model, released September 2025. Its intelligence index of 11.3 is modest against the current field, but its math index of 80.3 and AIME-25 score of 0.80 are standout figures for a small model, indicating strong structured reasoning capability. Coding index at 14.7 and agentic index at 16.2 are limited, so it is not suited for software engineering or autonomous agent tasks.
For businesses, the best fit is high-volume structured content, mathematical analysis, SEO content generation, and instruction-following workflows where cost matters. At $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 output, it offers strong price-performance for reasoning-heavy text tasks. Instruction following (IFBench 0.44) is reasonable for a model of this size.
Teams running large-scale content pipelines or needing affordable math-capable reasoning should consider it seriously. For coding or agentic work, a larger model is needed.
Assessed June 30, 2026
Editorial notes
Magistral Small 1.2 from Mistral delivers strong math reasoning and competitive MMLU-Pro at 76.8%, with affordable pricing at $0.50 input, making it a cost-effective option for structured content and reasoning tasks at scale.
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Performance Profile
How Magistral Small 1.2 compares
Magistral Small 1.2 ranks #212 of 385 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #105 of 139 for coding, #212 of 293 for agentic tasks. At $0.50 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 35% of comparable models.
Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
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Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face
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Model Information
| Provider | Mistral |
| Release Date | September 17, 2025 |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.50 | $0.000500 |
| Output | $1.50 | $0.001500 |
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Frequently asked questions about Magistral Small 1.2
How much does Magistral Small 1.2 cost?
Magistral Small 1.2 costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens.
Is Magistral Small 1.2 good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, Magistral Small 1.2 ranks #105 of 139 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
Who created Magistral Small 1.2?
Magistral Small 1.2 is developed by Mistral and was released on September 17, 2025.
