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Bard vs Mistral Small 3

Google Bard vs Mistral Mistral Small 3 — side-by-side specs.

Google
Bard
Mistral
Mistral Small 3
Overview
CompanyGoogleMistral
Release dateMar 21 2023Jan 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapBard shipped 652 days before Mistral Small 3

Which is better: Bard or Mistral Small 3?

Bard and Mistral Small 3 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Bard shipped 652 days before Mistral Small 3, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Small 3 is an open-source / open-weight model; Bard is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Bard released?
Bard was released by Google on Mar 21 2023.
When was Mistral Small 3 released?
Mistral Small 3 was released by Mistral on Jan 2025.
Is Bard or Mistral Small 3 open source?
Mistral Small 3 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Bard is a proprietary model released by Google.

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