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Devstral Small 2 (24B) vs GPT-5-Codex-Mini

Mistral
Devstral Small 2 (24B)
OpenAI
GPT-5-Codex-Mini
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateDec 9 2025Nov 7 2025
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Timeline
Release gapGPT-5-Codex-Mini shipped 32 days before Devstral Small 2 (24B)

Which is better: Devstral Small 2 (24B) or GPT-5-Codex-Mini?

Devstral Small 2 (24B) and GPT-5-Codex-Mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. GPT-5-Codex-Mini shipped 32 days before Devstral Small 2 (24B), so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Devstral Small 2 (24B) is open weight, while GPT-5-Codex-Mini is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Devstral Small 2 (24B) and GPT-5-Codex-Mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Devstral Small 2 (24B) was released by Mistral on Dec 9 2025.

GPT-5-Codex-Mini was released by OpenAI on Nov 7 2025.

Devstral Small 2 (24B) is an open weight model released by Mistral. GPT-5-Codex-Mini is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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