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LLaMA 4 Maverick vs Mistral Small

Meta LLaMA 4 Maverick vs Mistral Mistral Small — side-by-side specs.

Meta
LLaMA 4 Maverick
Mistral
Mistral Small
Overview
CompanyMetaMistral
Release dateApr 5 2025Feb 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 404 days before LLaMA 4 Maverick

Which is better: LLaMA 4 Maverick or Mistral Small?

LLaMA 4 Maverick and Mistral Small do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Mistral Small shipped 404 days before LLaMA 4 Maverick, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

LLaMA 4 Maverick 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 4 Maverick released?
LLaMA 4 Maverick was released by Meta on Apr 5 2025.
When was Mistral Small released?
Mistral Small was released by Mistral on Feb 26 2024.
Is LLaMA 4 Maverick or Mistral Small open source?
LLaMA 4 Maverick is an open-source / open-weight model released by Meta. Mistral Small is a proprietary model released by Mistral.

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