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Devstral Small vs Grok 4

Mistral
Devstral Small
SpaceXAI
Grok 4
Overview
CompanyMistralSpaceXAI
Release dateMay 21 2025Jul 9 2025
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Specifications
Parameters
24B
Timeline
Release gapDevstral Small shipped 49 days before Grok 4

Which is better: Devstral Small or Grok 4?

Devstral Small and Grok 4 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Devstral Small shipped 49 days before Grok 4, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Devstral Small is open weight, while Grok 4 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Devstral Small and Grok 4 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Devstral Small was released by Mistral on May 21 2025.

Grok 4 was released by SpaceXAI on Jul 9 2025.

Devstral Small is an open weight model released by Mistral. Grok 4 is a proprietary model released by SpaceXAI.

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