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LLaMA 1 vs Mistral Small 3.1

Meta LLaMA 1 vs Mistral Mistral Small 3.1 — side-by-side specs.

Meta
LLaMA 1
Mistral
Mistral Small 3.1
Overview
CompanyMetaMistral
Release dateFeb 24 2023Mar 17 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapLLaMA 1 shipped 752 days before Mistral Small 3.1

Which is better: LLaMA 1 or Mistral Small 3.1?

LLaMA 1 and Mistral Small 3.1 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. LLaMA 1 shipped 752 days before Mistral Small 3.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

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 Mistral Small 3.1 released?
Mistral Small 3.1 was released by Mistral on Mar 17 2025.

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