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Claude Sonnet 4 vs Devstral Small 2 (24B)

Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4 vs Mistral Devstral Small 2 (24B) — side-by-side specs.

Anthropic
Claude Sonnet 4
Mistral
Devstral Small 2 (24B)
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMistral
Release dateMay 22 2025Dec 9 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
72.7%
Science
GPQA Diamond
75.4%
Timeline
Release gapClaude Sonnet 4 shipped 201 days before Devstral Small 2 (24B)

Which is better: Claude Sonnet 4 or Devstral Small 2 (24B)?

Claude Sonnet 4 and Devstral Small 2 (24B) don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude Sonnet 4 shipped 201 days before Devstral Small 2 (24B), so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Devstral Small 2 (24B) is an open-source / open-weight model; Claude Sonnet 4 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Sonnet 4 and Devstral Small 2 (24B) don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Claude Sonnet 4 released?
Claude Sonnet 4 was released by Anthropic on May 22 2025.
When was Devstral Small 2 (24B) released?
Devstral Small 2 (24B) was released by Mistral on Dec 9 2025.
Is Claude Sonnet 4 or Devstral Small 2 (24B) open source?
Devstral Small 2 (24B) is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Claude Sonnet 4 is a proprietary model released by Anthropic.

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