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Code Llama 70B vs Mistral Medium 3

Meta Code Llama 70B vs Mistral Mistral Medium 3 — side-by-side specs.

Meta
Code Llama 70B
Mistral
Mistral Medium 3
Overview
CompanyMetaMistral
Release dateJan 29 2024May 7 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapCode Llama 70B shipped 464 days before Mistral Medium 3

Which is better: Code Llama 70B or Mistral Medium 3?

Code Llama 70B and Mistral Medium 3 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Code Llama 70B shipped 464 days before Mistral Medium 3, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Code Llama 70B is an open-source / open-weight model; Mistral Medium 3 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 Code Llama 70B released?
Code Llama 70B was released by Meta on Jan 29 2024.
When was Mistral Medium 3 released?
Mistral Medium 3 was released by Mistral on May 7 2025.
Is Code Llama 70B or Mistral Medium 3 open source?
Code Llama 70B is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. Mistral Medium 3 is a proprietary model released by Mistral.

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