# Magistral Small vs Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Magistral Small and Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/magistral-small-vs-qwen3-235b-a22b-reasoning
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Magistral Small only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) leads overall 64 to 63.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is AIME 2025 in Mathematics, with scores of 62.8% and 81.5%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Magistral Small | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Mistral | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 70.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v5 | 55.8% | 70.7% | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 47.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 68.2% | 71.1% | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 92.7% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| INCLUDE | Coming soon | 78.7% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 83.4% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 70.7% | 85.7% | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) |
| AIME 2025 | 62.8% | 81.5% | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) |
| MATH-500 | 95.9% | 98% | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Magistral Small or Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning)?

Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does Magistral Small cover on BenchLM?

Magistral Small currently has 6 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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