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Devstral Small 2 (24B) vs o3-mini

Mistral
Devstral Small 2 (24B)
OpenAI
o3-mini
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateDec 9 2025Jan 31 2025
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Timeline
Release gapo3-mini shipped 312 days before Devstral Small 2 (24B)

Which is better: Devstral Small 2 (24B) or o3-mini?

Devstral Small 2 (24B) and o3-mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. o3-mini shipped 312 days before Devstral Small 2 (24B), so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Devstral Small 2 (24B) is open weight, while o3-mini is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Devstral Small 2 (24B) and o3-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.

o3-mini was released by OpenAI on Jan 31 2025.

Devstral Small 2 (24B) is an open weight model released by Mistral. o3-mini is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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