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Devstral Small vs GLM-4

Mistral
Devstral Small
Z.ai
GLM-4
Overview
CompanyMistralZ.ai
Release dateMay 21 2025Jan 16 2024
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Specifications
Parameters
24B
Timeline
Release gapGLM-4 shipped 491 days before Devstral Small

Which is better: Devstral Small or GLM-4?

Devstral Small and GLM-4 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. GLM-4 shipped 491 days before Devstral Small, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Devstral Small is open weight, while GLM-4 is proprietary.

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

Frequently asked questions

Devstral Small was released by Mistral on May 21 2025.

GLM-4 was released by Z.ai on Jan 16 2024.

Devstral Small is an open weight model released by Mistral. GLM-4 is a proprietary model released by Z.ai.

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