Magistral Medium 2506 (thinking) vs o3 Deep Research (Comparative Analysis)

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Comparative Analysis: Magistral Medium 2506 (thinking) vs. o3 Deep Research

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Overview

Magistral Medium 2506 (thinking) was released 4 months before o3 Deep Research.

	Magistral Medium 2506 (thinking)	o3 Deep Research
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development	Mistral	OpenAI
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once	41K tokens	200K tokens
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once	40K tokens	100K tokens
Release Date When this model first became publicly available	June 8, 2025 5 months ago June 8th, 2025	October 10, 2025 1 month ago October 10th, 2025

Capabilities & Features

Compare supported features, modalities, and advanced capabilities

	Magistral Medium 2506 (thinking)	o3 Deep Research
Input Types Supported input formats	📝Text	🖼️Image📝Text📁File
Output Types Supported output formats	📝Text	📝Text
Tokenizer Text encoding system	Mistral	GPT
Key Features Advanced capabilities	✓Function Calling✓Structured Output✓Reasoning ModeContent Moderation	✓Function Calling✓Structured Output✓Reasoning Mode✓Content Moderation

Pricing

Magistral Medium 2506 (thinking) is roughly 0.2x less expensive compared to o3 Deep Research for input tokens and roughly 0.1x less expensive for output tokens.

	Magistral Medium 2506 (thinking)	o3 Deep Research
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens	$2.00 per million tokens	$10.00 per million tokens
Output Token Cost Cost per million outut tokens	$5.00 per million tokens	$40.00 per million tokens

Benchmarks

Compare relevant benchmarks between Magistral Medium 2506 (thinking) and o3 Deep Research.

	Magistral Medium 2506 (thinking)	o3 Deep Research
MMLU Measures knowledge across 57 subjects like law, math, history, and science	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.
MMMU Measures understanding of combined text and images across various domains	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.
HellaSwag Measures common sense reasoning by having models complete sentences about everyday situations	Benchmark not available.	Benchmark not available.

At a Glance

Quick overview of what makes Magistral Medium 2506 (thinking) and o3 Deep Research unique.

Magistral Medium 2506 (thinking) by Mistral can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 41K token context window. Reasonably priced at $2.00/M input and $5.00/M output tokens. Released June 8th, 2025.

o3 Deep Research by OpenAI understands both text and images, can use external tools and APIs, offers advanced reasoning, generates structured data. It can handle standard conversations with its 200K token context window. Premium pricing at $10.00/M input and $40.00/M output tokens. Includes built-in content moderation for safer outputs. Released October 10th, 2025.