Magistral Small 1
Analysis Summary
Magistral Small 1 is Mistral's smaller Magistral model, released in 2025. Its measured intelligence result is low, and the supplied record contains no task-level reasoning, coding, instruction-following, long-context, speed, pricing, or tool-use results. The available evidence therefore does not show that it can deliver consistent quality on demanding business tasks.
The smaller product tier may be relevant for routine workloads, but no price or throughput information is provided to confirm a cost advantage. Businesses could include it in a controlled evaluation for straightforward text tasks, with review before publication or action. For complex analysis, code generation, or autonomous workflows, the record does not support making it a preferred production model.
Assessed September 23, 2026
Editorial notes
Magistral Small 1 is a compact reasoning model, but the supplied record has limited benchmark coverage and does not establish coding, tool-use, or cost advantages.
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DFO Verdict
Magistral Small 1 is a compact reasoning model, but the supplied record has limited benchmark coverage and does not establish coding, tool-use, or cost advantages.
Benchmarks
Artificial Analysis data refreshed Nov 7, 2026. Arena ratings from the Oct 28, 2026 text leaderboard, with style control.
Artificial Analysis has not published coding or agentic results for Magistral Small 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 Small 1 compares
Magistral Small 1 ranks #281 of 447 AI models we track for overall intelligence. Magistral Small 1 is currently free to use via OpenRouter.
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1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Frequently asked questions about Magistral Small 1
How much does Magistral Small 1 cost?
Magistral Small 1 is currently available for free via OpenRouter.
Who created Magistral Small 1?
Magistral Small 1 is developed by Mistral and was released on June 10, 2025.