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Mistral Small 3.1 vs o3

Mistral Mistral Small 3.1 vs OpenAI o3 — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Mistral Small 3.1
OpenAI
o3
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateMar 17 2025Apr 16 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapMistral Small 3.1 shipped 30 days before o3

Which is better: Mistral Small 3.1 or o3?

Mistral Small 3.1 and o3 do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Mistral Small 3.1 shipped 30 days before o3, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Small 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model; o3 is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Mistral Small 3.1 released?
Mistral Small 3.1 was released by Mistral on Mar 17 2025.
When was o3 released?
o3 was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.
Is Mistral Small 3.1 or o3 open source?
Mistral Small 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. o3 is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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