The AI arena is free today

Open Superagent

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber vs Magistral Small 2506

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber leads the LLM Stats Score 40.3 to 10.7.

Google · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber leads the overall LLM Stats Score 40.3 to 10.7, ranking #55 overall.

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

Choose Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber

  • overall performance matters — it scores 40.3 and ranks #55 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Magistral Small 2506

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber
Google
Magistral Small 2506
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
40.3
#55
10.7
#261
Coding
33.1
#36
5.2
#201
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
— / M
Output price
— / M
— / M
Context window
—
—

Individual benchmarks

4 reported for Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber · 4 for Magistral Small 2506

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber 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

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is licensed under a proprietary license, while Magistral Small 2506 uses Apache 2.0.

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

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber

Proprietary

Closed source

Magistral Small 2506

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber was released on 2026-09-02, while Magistral Small 2506 was released on 2025-06-10.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is 15 months newer than Magistral Small 2506.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber

Sep 2, 2026

2 weeks ago

1.2yr 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 Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber'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 Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber's cutoff date.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber

—

Magistral Small 2506

Jun 2025

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?Start an Issue discussion→

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Magistral Small 2506 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber
✓ Preferred
Magistral Small 2506
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber vs Magistral Small 2506.

Which is better, Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber or Magistral Small 2506?

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber leads the LLM Stats Score 40.3 to 10.7. Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is made by Google 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 Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber compare to Magistral Small 2506 in benchmarks?

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber scores Gray Swan IPI Benchmark: 94.0%, CyberGym: 86.2%, Google Real-world Vulnerability Discovery: 71.0%, CWE-Bench: 47.2%. Magistral Small 2506 scores AIME 2024: 70.7%, GPQA: 68.2%, AIME 2025: 62.8%, LiveCodeBench: 51.3%.

What are the main differences between Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Magistral Small 2506?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (40.3 vs 10.7), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Magistral Small 2506?

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber is developed by Google and Magistral Small 2506 is developed by Mistral AI.

Related comparisons