# Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Magistral Small

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Magistral Small across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-lite-vs-magistral-small
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Magistral Small.

## Summary

- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Magistral Small do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Magistral Small |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Mistral |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 49.41 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 12 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $2.50 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 34.3 (Supported · #77/124)
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Magistral Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 54.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 74% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 50.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 36 (Supported · #74/149)
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Magistral Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 54.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 79.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 75.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 55.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 47.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 71.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Magistral Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 72.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 80.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 48.5 (Supported · #85/181)
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Magistral Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 68.2% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 37.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Magistral Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 25.965% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 0.000% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2024 | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | Coming soon | 95.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Magistral Small on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

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- [Magistral Small vs Magistral Medium](/compare/magistral-medium-vs-magistral-small)
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- [Magistral Small vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-magistral-small)

## Explore More

- [Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite profile](/models/gemini-3-5-flash-lite)
- [Magistral Small profile](/models/magistral-small)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
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- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)