Magistral Instruct on LiveCodeBench: score, rank and what it means
Magistral Instruct scores 73.6 on LiveCodeBench, placing it #118 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 61.0 and the leader is Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning at 85.1.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on LiveCodeBench, with Magistral Instruct highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.48 | 87.7 |
| 2 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 3 | Claude Opus 4.5 | Anthropic | 400000 | $19.42 | 87.7 |
| 4 | GPT-5.2 Max | OpenAI | 1000000 | $21.39 | 89.2 |
| 5 | Grok 4 Turbo | xAI | 1000000 | $19.21 | 86.7 |
| 6 | GPT-5.1 Turbo | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.19 | 86.1 |
| 7 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 8 | GPT-5.2 Reasoning | OpenAI | 1000000 | $20.98 | 87.5 |
| 9 | Claude Opus 4.5 Pro | Anthropic | 200000 | $20.98 | 89.1 |
| 10 | Gemini 3 Pro Max | Google DeepMind | 2000000 | $20.57 | 87.9 |
What this score means
On LiveCodeBench, Magistral Instruct sits at #118 of 600. The leader, Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning, scores 85.1, so the gap to the top is 11.5 points. The median model in this index scores 64.7, which puts Magistral Instruct above the midpoint.
Mistral AI models average 58.1 on this benchmark. Magistral Instruct is 15.5 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Mistral AI model.
Among multimodal models, the average is 70.3. Magistral Instruct is 3.3 points above that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.
Read a 73.6 as a relative signal, not an absolute guarantee. Benchmark scores depend on prompt format, evaluation harness and contamination controls. Use this page to narrow the shortlist, then test the model on your own data.
Price context
At $4.48 per million input tokens, Magistral Instruct is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on LiveCodeBench. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.
| Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 | Alibaba Cloud | 128000 | $5.04 | 80.3 |
| Doubao 1.5 Pro | ByteDance | 200000 | $13.65 | 79.7 |
| Sonar Pro Turbo | Perplexity | 128000 | $13.55 | 79.0 |
| o3 Vision | OpenAI | 1000000 | $15.24 | 81.8 |
| Magistral Instruct | Mistral AI | 65536 | $4.48 | 78.4 |
| Doubao 1.5 Pro Max | ByteDance | 400000 | $14.93 | 81.2 |
| Nova Pro | Amazon | 32768 | $12.75 | 79.4 |
Other benchmarks for Magistral Instruct
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 80.8 | 156 | 74th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 73.8 | 176 | 71th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 69.8 | 115 | 81th | |
| HumanEval | 80.5 | 222 | 63th | |
| MATH-500 | 81.7 | 172 | 71th | |
| AIME 2025 | 71.7 | 224 | 63th | |
| IFEval | 86.7 | 141 | 77th | |
| TruthfulQA | 78.3 | 246 | 59th | |
| HellaSwag | 89.0 | 111 | 82th | |
| MMMU | 76.4 | 129 | 79th | |
| Arena Elo | 1402.2 | 203 | 66th |
FAQ
What score does Magistral Instruct get on LiveCodeBench?
Magistral Instruct scores 73.6 on LiveCodeBench in this index. The benchmark average is 61.0 and the top score is 85.1.
How does Magistral Instruct rank on LiveCodeBench?
It ranks #118 of 600 models, in the 80th percentile. The leader is Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reasoning at 85.1.
Is Magistral Instruct good at LiveCodeBench?
Yes, relative to the index: it is above the median and inside the top half of scores. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.
How is the LiveCodeBench score calculated?
LiveCodeBench is a coding benchmark. Scores in this index are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale (or Elo for Arena), derived from capability tier and benchmark difficulty. They are not official leaderboard results.
What does Magistral Instruct cost?
Magistral Instruct costs $4.48 per million input tokens and $22.65 per million output tokens.