LLaMA 3.1 vs Mistral Small
Meta LLaMA 3.1 | Mistral Mistral Small | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Meta | Mistral |
| Release date | Jul 23 2024 | Feb 26 2024 |
| Access | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Benchmarks | ||
Nonsense detection BullshitBench v2Given a confidently-worded but nonsensical prompt, does the AI spot that it makes no sense and push back — instead of playing along and inventing an answer? The score is how often it clearly called out the nonsense. Higher is better. | 14% | — |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Mistral Small shipped 148 days before LLaMA 3.1 | |
Which is better: LLaMA 3.1 or Mistral Small?
LLaMA 3.1 and Mistral Small don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Mistral Small shipped 148 days before LLaMA 3.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
LLaMA 3.1 is open weight, while Mistral Small is proprietary.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — LLaMA 3.1 and Mistral Small don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
LLaMA 3.1 was released by Meta on Jul 23 2024.
Mistral Small was released by Mistral on Feb 26 2024.
LLaMA 3.1 is an open weight model released by Meta. Mistral Small is a proprietary model released by Mistral.
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