# Magistral Small vs Step 5 Preview

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Magistral Small and Step 5 Preview across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/magistral-small-vs-step-5-preview
- 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 Magistral Small and Step 5 Preview.

## Summary

- Magistral Small and Step 5 Preview 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 | Magistral Small | Step 5 Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Mistral | StepFun |
| Type | Open Weight | Pending |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | 69.49 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 6 | 22 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $1.00 / $2.70 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: 65.5 (Estimated · #18/124)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 85.0% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 | Coming soon | 33.30% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 44.0% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | Coming soon | 37.8% | Coming soon |
| DRACO | Coming soon | 83.3% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 88.7% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 29.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: 60.5 (Estimated · #20/148)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v5 | 55.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 47.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 67.7% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 85.0% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 58.9% | Coming soon |
| ProgramBench | Coming soon | 80.5% | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | Coming soon | 72.7% | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 40.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: 83.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 20.9% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: 74.6 (#24/54)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | Coming soon | 60.3% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 76% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: 68.5 (Supported · #22/181)

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 68.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 93.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 46.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Magistral Small public-lane score: Coming soon
- Step 5 Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Step 5 Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2024 | 70.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME 2025 | 62.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MATH-500 | 95.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare Magistral Small and Step 5 Preview 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.

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