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LLaMA 3.1 vs Mistral Small

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

Meta
LLaMA 3.1
Mistral
Mistral Small
Overview
CompanyMetaMistral
Release dateJul 23 2024Feb 26 2024
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapMistral Small shipped 148 days before LLaMA 3.1

Which is better: LLaMA 3.1 or Mistral Small?

LLaMA 3.1 and Mistral Small do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Mistral Small shipped 148 days before LLaMA 3.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model; Mistral Small 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 3.1 released?
LLaMA 3.1 was released by Meta on Jul 23 2024.
When was Mistral Small released?
Mistral Small was released by Mistral on Feb 26 2024.
Is LLaMA 3.1 or Mistral Small open source?
LLaMA 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. Mistral Small is a proprietary model released by Mistral.

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