Magistral Medium vs Aya Vision 32B
Magistral Medium comes out ahead, 31 to 15 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
- Our pick
Mistral AIMagistral Medium
31/100- ECI—
- Price$2.00 / $5.00
- Context128K
CohereAya Vision 32B
15/100- ECI—
- Price—
- Context16K
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Magistral Medium is our pick
Magistral Medium is the better all-round choice, scoring 31/100 against Aya Vision 32B (15). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceMagistral MediumMagistral Medium $2.75 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Aya Vision 32B unpriced
- Longest contextMagistral MediumMagistral Medium 128,000 · Aya Vision 32B 16,000 tokens
- Widest inputsAya Vision 32BMagistral Medium: Text · Aya Vision 32B: Text, Images
- Self-hostingAya Vision 32BPublishes downloadable weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0)
| Measure | Weight | Magistral Medium | Aya Vision 32B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs & features | 60% | 35 | 25 |
| Context window | 40% | 24 | 0 |
| Overall | 100% | 31/100 | 15/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability and price. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Magistral MediumMistral AI | Aya Vision 32BCohere |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | ||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | ||
| Input | $2.00 | — |
| Output | $5.00 | — |
| Cached input | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $2.75 | — |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | — |
| Price source | Official Mistral API | — |
| Limits | ||
| Context window | 128,000 tokens (best) | 16,000 tokens |
| Max output | 16,384 tokens (best) | 4,000 tokens |
| Inputs and features | ||
| Text | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | Yes |
| PDFs | No | No |
| Audio | No | No |
| Video | No | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | No |
| Tool calling | Yes | No |
| Structured output | No | No |
| Availability | ||
| Weights | Proprietary | OpenCC-BY-NC-4.0 |
| API model ID | magistral-medium-latest | c4ai-aya-vision-32b |
| API providers | 4 (best) | 1 |
| Released | Mar 17, 2025 | Mar 4, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Jun 2025 | — |
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- Magistral Medium$30.00
- Aya Vision 32B—
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Magistral Medium or Aya Vision 32B?
Magistral Medium is the better all-round choice, scoring 31/100 against Aya Vision 32B (15). It leads on inputs & features and context window. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Magistral Medium or Aya Vision 32B?
Magistral Medium is cheaper at $2.00 input / $5.00 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price). . At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $2.75 per million tokens for Magistral Medium versus . Aya Vision 32B has no published per-token price.
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Magistral Medium has not been scored yet and Aya Vision 32B has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Magistral Medium and Aya Vision 32B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that Aya Vision 32B does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
Magistral Medium has the largest context window at 128,000 tokens, against 16,000 for Aya Vision 32B. Maximum output per response: Magistral Medium up to 16,384, Aya Vision 32B up to 4,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Magistral Medium accepts text; Aya Vision 32B accepts text and images. Aya Vision 32B handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Aya Vision 32B publishes its weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0) and can be self-hosted; Magistral Medium is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Magistral Medium is the newest, released Mar 17, 2025. Aya Vision 32B came out Mar 4, 2025. Knowledge cutoff: Magistral Medium Jun 2025.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
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