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LLaMA 2 vs Mistral Medium 3

Meta LLaMA 2 vs Mistral Mistral Medium 3 — side-by-side specs.

Meta
LLaMA 2
Mistral
Mistral Medium 3
Overview
CompanyMetaMistral
Release dateJul 18 2023May 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 gapLLaMA 2 shipped 659 days before Mistral Medium 3

Which is better: LLaMA 2 or Mistral Medium 3?

LLaMA 2 and Mistral Medium 3 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. LLaMA 2 shipped 659 days before Mistral Medium 3, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 2 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 LLaMA 2 released?
LLaMA 2 was released by Meta on Jul 18 2023.
When was Mistral Medium 3 released?
Mistral Medium 3 was released by Mistral on May 7 2025.
Is LLaMA 2 or Mistral Medium 3 open source?
LLaMA 2 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. Mistral Medium 3 is a proprietary model released by Mistral.

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