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Devstral Small vs GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

Mistral
Devstral Small
OpenAI
GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateMay 21 2025Feb 12 2026
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Specifications
Parameters
24B
Context window
128k
Timeline
Release gapDevstral Small shipped 267 days before GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

Which is better: Devstral Small or GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark?

Devstral Small and GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Devstral Small shipped 267 days before GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Devstral Small is open weight, while GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Devstral Small and GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Devstral Small was released by Mistral on May 21 2025.

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark was released by OpenAI on Feb 12 2026.

Devstral Small is an open weight model released by Mistral. GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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