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LLaMA 1 vs Magistral Medium

Meta LLaMA 1 vs Mistral Magistral Medium — side-by-side specs.

Meta
LLaMA 1
Mistral
Magistral Medium
Overview
CompanyMetaMistral
Release dateFeb 24 2023Jun 10 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapLLaMA 1 shipped 837 days before Magistral Medium

Which is better: LLaMA 1 or Magistral Medium?

LLaMA 1 and Magistral Medium do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. LLaMA 1 shipped 837 days before Magistral Medium, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 1 is an open-source / open-weight model; Magistral Medium 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 LLaMA 1 released?
LLaMA 1 was released by Meta on Feb 24 2023.
When was Magistral Medium released?
Magistral Medium was released by Mistral on Jun 10 2025.
Is LLaMA 1 or Magistral Medium open source?
LLaMA 1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. Magistral Medium is a proprietary model released by Mistral.

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