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LLaMA 2 vs Mistral 7B

Meta LLaMA 2 vs Mistral Mistral 7B — side-by-side specs.

Meta
LLaMA 2
Mistral
Mistral 7B
Overview
CompanyMetaMistral
Release dateJul 18 2023Sep 27 2023
Model type
Open sourceYesYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapLLaMA 2 shipped 71 days before Mistral 7B

Which is better: LLaMA 2 or Mistral 7B?

LLaMA 2 and Mistral 7B do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. LLaMA 2 shipped 71 days before Mistral 7B, 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 2 released?
LLaMA 2 was released by Meta on Jul 18 2023.
When was Mistral 7B released?
Mistral 7B was released by Mistral on Sep 27 2023.

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