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Devstral Small vs GPT-5 mini

Mistral
Devstral Small
OpenAI
GPT-5 mini
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateMay 21 2025Aug 7 2025
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Specifications
Parameters
24B
Timeline
Release gapDevstral Small shipped 78 days before GPT-5 mini

Which is better: Devstral Small or GPT-5 mini?

Devstral Small and GPT-5 mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Devstral Small shipped 78 days before GPT-5 mini, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Devstral Small is open weight, while GPT-5 mini is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Devstral Small and GPT-5 mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Devstral Small was released by Mistral on May 21 2025.

GPT-5 mini was released by OpenAI on Aug 7 2025.

Devstral Small is an open weight model released by Mistral. GPT-5 mini is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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