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Atria Dawn Preview vs Magistral Small 2506

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 10.7.

Shanghai AI Laboratory · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 10.7, ranking #10 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Atria Dawn Preview

  • overall performance matters — it scores 52.3 and ranks #10 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Magistral Small 2506

  • you are already invested in the Mistral AI ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Atria Dawn Preview
Shanghai AI Laboratory
Magistral Small 2506
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
52.3
#10
10.7
#261
Reasoning
50.5
#12
10.9
#259
Coding
36.2
#22
5.2
#201
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
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Output price
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Individual benchmarks

12 reported for Atria Dawn Preview · 4 for Magistral Small 2506

No common benchmarks found

Atria Dawn Preview and Magistral Small 2506don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

720.0B diff

Atria Dawn Preview has 720.0B more parameters than Magistral Small 2506, making it 3000.0% larger.

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
744.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Magistral Small 2506
24.0Bparameters
744.0B
Atria Dawn Preview
24.0B
Magistral Small 2506

License

Usage and distribution terms

Atria Dawn Preview is licensed under MIT, while Magistral Small 2506 uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Atria Dawn Preview

MIT

Open weights

Magistral Small 2506

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Atria Dawn Preview was released on 2026-09-11, while Magistral Small 2506 was released on 2025-06-10.

Atria Dawn Preview is 15 months newer than Magistral Small 2506.

Atria Dawn Preview

Sep 11, 2026

1 weeks ago

1.3yr newer
Magistral Small 2506

Jun 10, 2025

1.3 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Magistral Small 2506 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2025-06-01, while Atria Dawn Preview's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Magistral Small 2506's training data extends to 2025-06-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Atria Dawn Preview's cutoff date.

Atria Dawn Preview

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Magistral Small 2506

Jun 2025

Outputs Comparison

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FAQ

Common questions about Atria Dawn Preview vs Magistral Small 2506.

Which is better, Atria Dawn Preview or Magistral Small 2506?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 10.7. Atria Dawn Preview is made by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Magistral Small 2506 is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Atria Dawn Preview compare to Magistral Small 2506 in benchmarks?

Atria Dawn Preview scores DeepSearchQA: 96.0%, BrowseComp: 92.5%, CyberGym: 86.5%, MLE-Bench Lite: 86.2%, WideSearch: 81.9%. Magistral Small 2506 scores AIME 2024: 70.7%, GPQA: 68.2%, AIME 2025: 62.8%, LiveCodeBench: 51.3%.

What are the main differences between Atria Dawn Preview and Magistral Small 2506?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (52.3 vs 10.7), licensing (MIT vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Atria Dawn Preview and Magistral Small 2506?

Atria Dawn Preview is developed by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Magistral Small 2506 is developed by Mistral AI.

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