Bard and Devstral Small don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Bard shipped 792 days before Devstral Small, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Bard is proprietary, while Devstral Small is open weight.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Bard and Devstral Small don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.