# LFM3-1.7B vs Magistral Small

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM3-1.7B and Magistral Small across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm3-1-7b-vs-magistral-small
- Last updated: October 27, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: LFM3-1.7B and Magistral Small share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- LFM3-1.7B has the larger published context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM3-1.7B | Magistral Small |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | Mistral |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 22.99 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 6 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 14.4 (Estimated · #123/134)
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Magistral Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AutomationBench | 41.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 71.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 68.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | 38.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 32.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ToolSandbox | 80.36% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 68.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 13.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 12.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveClaw | 45.60% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 13 (Estimated · #142/155)
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Magistral Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SciCode | 28.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 43.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 23% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 12.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 73.5% | 47.4% | LFM3-1.7B |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 31.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v5 | Coming soon | 55.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 61.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Magistral Small public-lane score: 25 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Magistral Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| RULER (128K) | 65.56% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 25.5 (Estimated · #175/189)
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Magistral Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 63.4% | 68.2% | Magistral Small |
| GPQA-D | 63.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 7.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 71.7 (#76/156)
- Magistral Small public-lane score: 28.8 (#142/156)

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Magistral Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 96.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | 73.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Multi-IF | 89.10% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFStruct | 93.72% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Magistral Small | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| 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

### Is there enough evidence to pick between LFM3-1.7B and Magistral Small?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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