Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) vs Magistral Small 1.2

Gemini 3.6 Flash (High) vs Magistral Small 1.2. A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

GoogleGemini 3.6 Flash (High)Off the frontier
Intelligence
34.00
Total cost
$1614
MistralMagistral Small 1.2Not ranked · benchmark data missing
Intelligence
8.60
Total cost
-
Verdict

Comparison incomplete

A reliable intelligence-versus-cost verdict requires both models' intelligence scores and benchmark-run costs. Missing data is not a performance verdict.

MetricGemini 3.6 Flash (High)Magistral Small 1.2Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)34.08.6−74.7% Magistral Small 1.2 is 74.7% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)$1,614.42Not reported— not comparable
End-to-end time (lower is better)17.79s34.22s+92.4% Magistral Small 1.2 is 92.4% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)$0.75 / $3.75$0.50 / $1.50
Input modalitiesText, Image, Speech, VideoText, Image
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