Claude 3 Haiku vs Magistral Small 1
Wins 2 of 5 areas
Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 3 of 5 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Facts
Magistral Small 1 is the stronger all-rounder.Claude 3 Haiku is better at long documents.
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 thinking02Magistral Small 12 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- CodingWriting and fixing software02Magistral Small 12 of 2 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up01Magistral Small 11 of 2 tests · 1 tie
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Claude 3 Haiku1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Claude 3 Haiku1 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 Magistral Small 1 pulls ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+26.7points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+5.5points ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+4.4points ahead
Where Claude 3 Haiku pulls ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+11.3points ahead
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.
CodingMagistral Small 1
- SciCodeMagistral Small 1 by 5.518.624.1+5.5
- Terminal-Bench HardMagistral Small 1 by 3.70.84.5+3.7
ReasoningMagistral Small 1
- GPQA DiamondMagistral Small 1 by 26.737.464.1+26.7
- Humanity's Last ExamMagistral Small 1 by 3.54.17.6+3.5
- CritPttie00tie
FactsMagistral Small 1
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationMagistral Small 1 by 4.419.523.9+4.4
- AA-Omniscience · Accuracytie17.618tie
Following instructionsClaude 3 Haiku
- IFBenchClaude 3 Haiku by 11.336.124.8+11.3
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.
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Magistral Small 1 by 5.521.126.6+5.5
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexMagistral Small 1 by 4.46.711.1+4.4
- AA-OmniscienceMagistral Small 1 by 4.2-48.6-44.4+4.2
- AA IntelligenceMagistral Small 1 by 2.65.68.2+2.6
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude 3 Haiku or Magistral Small 1?
Magistral Small 1 wins three of the five areas where both have results: coding, reasoning and facts. Claude 3 Haiku wins long documents and following instructions.
Which is better for coding?
Magistral Small 1. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; Claude 3 Haiku 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.