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LLaMA 3.1 vs Mistral Small 3.1

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

Meta
LLaMA 3.1
Mistral
Mistral Small 3.1
Overview
CompanyMetaMistral
Release dateJul 23 2024Mar 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 3.1 shipped 237 days before Mistral Small 3.1

Which is better: LLaMA 3.1 or Mistral Small 3.1?

LLaMA 3.1 and Mistral Small 3.1 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. LLaMA 3.1 shipped 237 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 3.1 released?
LLaMA 3.1 was released by Meta on Jul 23 2024.
When was Mistral Small 3.1 released?
Mistral Small 3.1 was released by Mistral on Mar 17 2025.

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