Claude 3.7 Sonnet vs Magistral Small 1
Wins 5 of 5 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Facts · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 0 of 5 areas
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Claude 3.7 Sonnet is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 13 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the five areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking20Claude 3.7 Sonnet2 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- CodingWriting and fixing software20Claude 3.7 Sonnet2 of 2 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up20Claude 3.7 Sonnet2 of 2 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Claude 3.7 Sonnet1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Claude 3.7 Sonnet1 of 1 test
Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Claude 3.7 Sonnet pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+36.1points ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+23.5points ahead
- Hard command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench Hard+16.7points ahead
Where Magistral Small 1 pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 13 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingClaude 3.7 Sonnet
- Terminal-Bench HardClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 16.721.24.5+16.7
- SciCodeClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 16.240.324.1+16.2
ReasoningClaude 3.7 Sonnet
- GPQA DiamondClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 13.177.264.1+13.1
- Humanity's Last ExamClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 2.19.77.6+2.1
- CritPttie0.90tie
FactsClaude 3.7 Sonnet
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 36.16023.9+36.1
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 102818+10
Following instructionsClaude 3.7 Sonnet
- IFBenchClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 23.548.324.8+23.5
Other results4 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AA-OmniscienceClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 43.7-0.7-44.4+43.7
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Claude 3.7 Sonnet by 28.154.726.6+28.1
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 25.336.411.1+25.3
- AA IntelligenceClaude 3.7 Sonnet by 9.517.78.2+9.5
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude 3.7 Sonnet or Magistral Small 1?
Claude 3.7 Sonnet wins all five areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, facts, long documents and following instructions. Magistral Small 1 wins none.
Which is better for coding?
Claude 3.7 Sonnet. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; Magistral Small 1 wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 13 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 9 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 4 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.