Magistral Small 2509 vs Sarvam 30B
Magistral Small 2509 (2025) and Sarvam 30B (2026) are compact production models from MistralAI and Sarvam.ai. Magistral Small 2509 ships a not-yet-sourced context window, while Sarvam 30B ships a 65.5K-token context window. This comparison covers specs, pricing, API access, capabilities, benchmarks, input and output token costs, and production fit for coding and agent workloads. It focuses on practical selection signals rather than broad model-family marketing.
Sarvam 30B is safer overall; choose Magistral Small 2509 when provider fit matters.
Decision scorecard
Local evidence first| Signal | Magistral Small 2509 | Sarvam 30B |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | provider-routed production | tool-calling agents |
| Decision fit | General | Agents and JSON / Tool use |
| Context window | — | 65.5K |
| Cheapest output | $1.50/1M tokens | - |
| Provider routes | 2 tracked | 0 tracked |
| Shared benchmarks | 0 shared | 0 shared |
Decision tradeoffs
- Magistral Small 2509 has broader tracked provider coverage for fallback and route flexibility.
- Sarvam 30B has the larger context window for long prompts, retrieval packs, or transcript analysis.
- Sarvam 30B uniquely exposes JSON / Tool use in local model data.
- Local decision data tags Sarvam 30B for Agents and JSON / Tool use.
Monthly cost at traffic
Estimate token spend from the cheapest tracked input and output route or tier on this page.
Magistral Small 2509
$775
Cheapest tracked route/tier: AWS Bedrock
Sarvam 30B
Unavailable
No complete token price in local provider data
Cost delta unavailable until both models have sourced input and output token prices.
Switch friction
- No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Magistral Small 2509 and Sarvam 30B; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
- Sarvam 30B adds JSON / Tool use in local capability data.
- No overlapping tracked provider route is sourced for Sarvam 30B and Magistral Small 2509; plan for SDK, billing, or endpoint changes.
- Check replacement coverage for JSON / Tool use before moving production traffic.
Specs
| Specification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025-09-01 | 2026-03-22 |
| Context window | — | 65.5K |
| Parameters | 24B | 30B (2.4B active) |
| Architecture | - | Mixture of Experts |
| License | Apache 2.0OSI-approved | Apache 2.0OSI-approved |
| Openness | Open source | Open source |
| Weights | Unknown | Available |
| Code | Unknown | Unknown |
| Commercial use | Permitted | Permitted |
| Knowledge cutoff | - | 2025-06 |
Pricing and availability
| Pricing attribute | Magistral Small 2509 | Sarvam 30B |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | $0.50/1M tokens | - |
| Output price | $1.50/1M tokens | - |
| Providers | - |
Capabilities
| Capability | Magistral Small 2509 | Sarvam 30B |
|---|---|---|
| Vision | No | No |
| Multimodal | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | No |
| JSON / Tool use | No | Yes |
| Structured outputs | No | No |
| Code execution | No | No |
| IDE integration | No | No |
| Computer use | No | No |
| Parallel agents | No | No |
Benchmarks
No shared benchmark scores are currently available for this pair.
Deep dive
The capability footprint differs most on JSON / Tool use: Sarvam 30B and JSON / Tool use: Sarvam 30B. Both models share the core language-model surface, so the practical split is not just feature count. Use those differences to decide whether the page is about raw model quality, agentic coding support, multimodal ingestion, or predictable structured API behavior.
Pricing coverage is uneven: Magistral Small 2509 has $0.50/1M input tokens and Sarvam 30B has no token price sourced yet. Provider availability is 2 tracked routes versus 0. Treat unknown pricing as an integration gap, then verify the route you will actually call before estimating production spend.
Choose Magistral Small 2509 when provider fit and broader provider choice are central to the workload. Choose Sarvam 30B when provider fit are more important. For production, rerun your own prompts through the exact provider, region, and tool stack you plan to ship. This keeps the decision grounded in measurable tradeoffs instead of brand-level assumptions. It also helps separate model capability from provider packaging, which can change cost and latency. For teams standardizing a stack, that distinction is often the difference between a benchmark win and a reliable deployment.
FAQ
Is Magistral Small 2509 or Sarvam 30B open source?
Magistral Small 2509 is listed under Apache 2.0. Sarvam 30B is listed under Apache 2.0. License labels affect whether you can self-host, redistribute weights, or rely only on hosted APIs, so confirm the upstream license before deployment.
Which is better for JSON / Tool use, Magistral Small 2509 or Sarvam 30B?
Sarvam 30B has the clearer documented JSON / Tool use signal in this comparison. If JSON / Tool use is mission-critical, validate it against the provider endpoint because model-level support and API-level exposure can differ.
Which is better for JSON / Tool use, Magistral Small 2509 or Sarvam 30B?
Sarvam 30B has the clearer documented JSON / Tool use signal in this comparison. If JSON / Tool use is mission-critical, validate it against the provider endpoint because model-level support and API-level exposure can differ.
Where can I run Magistral Small 2509 and Sarvam 30B?
Magistral Small 2509 is available on AWS Bedrock and Vercel AI Gateway. Sarvam 30B is available on the tracked providers still being sourced. Provider coverage can affect latency, region availability, compliance posture, and fallback options.
When should I pick Magistral Small 2509 over Sarvam 30B?
Sarvam 30B is safer overall; choose Magistral Small 2509 when provider fit matters. If your workload also depends on provider fit, start with Magistral Small 2509; if it depends on provider fit, run the same evaluation with Sarvam 30B.
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Last reviewed: 2026-10-20. Data sourced from public model cards and provider documentation.