Soft magnetic material, core, and inductor

A soft magnetic material comprising a soft magnetic metal powder and a resin, wherein said soft magnetic metal powder is comprised of a particle group α and a particle group β,

• when IA is a peak intensity of the particle group α, IB is a peak intensity of the particle group β, and IC is a minimum intensity present between the particle group α and the particle group β, then an intensity ratio IC/IA satisfies 0.10 or less and an intensity ratio IA/IB satisfies 1.2 or more and 3.0 or less,
• the particle group α is the particle group having a maximum peak intensity in a size distribution of said soft magnetic metal powder,
• the particle group β is the particle group having a peak intensity which is the second largest to the particle group α, and
• a peak particle size PA of the particle group α is larger than a peak particle size PB of the particle group β.