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Devstral Small vs o4-mini

Mistral
Devstral Small
OpenAI
o4-mini
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateMay 21 2025Apr 16 2025
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Specifications
Parameters
24B
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
8%
Timeline
Release gapo4-mini shipped 35 days before Devstral Small

Which is better: Devstral Small or o4-mini?

Devstral Small and o4-mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. o4-mini shipped 35 days before Devstral Small, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Devstral Small is open weight, while o4-mini is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Devstral Small and o4-mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Devstral Small was released by Mistral on May 21 2025.

o4-mini was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.

Devstral Small is an open weight model released by Mistral. o4-mini is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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