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Devstral Small 2 (24B) vs Kimi-VL

Mistral Devstral Small 2 (24B) vs Moonshot AI Kimi-VL — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Devstral Small 2 (24B)
Moonshot AI
Kimi-VL
Overview
CompanyMistralMoonshot AI
Release dateDec 9 2025Apr 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesYes
Specifications
Parameters
16B
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapKimi-VL shipped 252 days before Devstral Small 2 (24B)

Which is better: Devstral Small 2 (24B) or Kimi-VL?

Devstral Small 2 (24B) and Kimi-VL do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Kimi-VL shipped 252 days before Devstral Small 2 (24B), 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 Devstral Small 2 (24B) released?
Devstral Small 2 (24B) was released by Mistral on Dec 9 2025.
When was Kimi-VL released?
Kimi-VL was released by Moonshot AI on Apr 2025.

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