Compare/Magistral Small 1 vs gpt-oss-120B (high)

Magistral Small 1vsgpt-oss-120B (high)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

Mistral

Magistral Small 1

Input
$0/M
Output
$0/M
Speed
TTFT
OpenAI

gpt-oss-120B (high)

Input
$0.15/M
Output
$0.6/M
Speed
235 tok/s
TTFT
0.50s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Magistral Small 1
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-120B (high)
Lower Latency
Magistral Small 1
Benchmarks (1-11)
gpt-oss-120B (high)

Pricing Comparison

MetricMagistral Small 1gpt-oss-120B (high)
Input ($/M tokens)$0$0.15
Output ($/M tokens)$0$0.6
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Magistral Small 1$0.00
gpt-oss-120B (high)$0.21

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Magistral Small 1
gpt-oss-120B (high)
235 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Magistral Small 1
gpt-oss-120B (high)
0.50s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
16.833.3
Coding Index
11.128.6
Math Index
41.393.4
GPQA Diamond
64.1%78.2%
MMLU-Pro
74.6%80.8%
LiveCodeBench
51.4%87.8%
AIME 2025
41.3%93.4%
MATH-500
96.3%
Humanity's Last Exam
7.2%18.5%
SciCode
24.1%38.9%
IFBench
24.8%69.0%
TerminalBench
4.5%23.5%
Magistral Small 11 wins
11 winsgpt-oss-120B (high)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Magistral Small 1 or gpt-oss-120B (high)?

Magistral Small 1 is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.00/M tokens vs $0.26/M for gpt-oss-120B (high).

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

gpt-oss-120B (high) wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for Magistral Small 1. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

gpt-oss-120B (high) generates tokens faster at 235 tok/s vs 0 tok/s. Magistral Small 1 also has lower time-to-first-token (0.00s vs 0.50s).

When should I use Magistral Small 1 vs gpt-oss-120B (high)?

Choose based on your priorities: Magistral Small 1 for lower cost, gpt-oss-120B (high) for stronger benchmark performance, and gpt-oss-120B (high) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.