Magistral
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Mistral AI's first reasoning model
About
- Magistral is Mistral AI's first reasoning model, specialized in domain-specific, transparent, and multilingual reasoning
- Released in two versions: the open-source Magistral Small (24B parameters) and the enterprise version Magistral Medium
- Chain of Thought-based multilingual reasoning, transparently providing the step-by-step logic in the user's language
- On AIME2024, Magistral Medium scored 73.6% (up to 90%) and Small 70.7% (up to 83.3%)
- Supports precise step-by-step reasoning and 10x faster response speed suited to various languages and industries, including regulated industries such as law, finance, and healthcare, data engineering, software development, and creative content
Magistral — Mistral AI announces its first reasoning model
- Magistral is a reasoning model focused on real-world problem solving and feedback-based improvement
- Dual release: Magistral Small, a 24B-parameter open-source version, and Magistral Medium, a more powerful enterprise version
- Performance metrics:
- Magistral Medium: 73.6% on AIME2024, 90% with majority voting
- Magistral Small: 70.7% and 83.3%, respectively
Model and technical details
- Transparent reasoning process:
- Magistral is optimized for multi-step logic, so users can check and trace the reasoning process in their own language
- Stronger interpretability and verifiability than typical models
- Aims for continuous model updates and rapid improvement
- Magistral Medium, via Le Chat's Flash Answers feature, supports real-time reasoning and feedback with 10x higher token throughput than competitors
- Demonstrated superior speed compared with major competing models such as ChatGPT
Open source and community participation
- Magistral Small is released under the Apache 2.0 license
- Users can directly analyze, modify, and rebuild its architecture and reasoning approach
- Previous open-source models have been used in innovative research projects such as ether0 and DeepHermes 3
Broad use cases
- Magistral is optimized for domains where precise step-by-step reasoning and transparency matter, such as law, finance, software development, and storytelling
- Business strategy and operations
- Can perform strategic planning, risk assessment, data-driven decision-making, and computing optimal solutions under complex constraints
- Legal, finance, healthcare, and government professionals can trace logical reasoning paths and ensure auditability
- Helps meet auditability of results and regulatory compliance
- Improved quality of support for programming, project design, backend architecture, and data engineering compared with non-reasoning LLMs
- Effective for multi-step tasks such as working with external tools and APIs
- Magistral also shows excellent results in creative writing and storytelling
- Can generate not only coherent text but also unique and quirky ideas
How to use and distribution channels
- The Small version can be downloaded and self-deployed
- The Medium version is available now on Le Chat (web), the API, and Amazon SageMaker
- Support on IBM WatsonX, Azure AI, and Google Cloud Marketplace coming soon
- Contact separately for enterprise-custom and on-premises deployments