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Mistral Small 3.1 vs o3-mini

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

Mistral
Mistral Small 3.1
OpenAI
o3-mini
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateMar 17 2025Jan 31 2025
Model type
Open sourceYesNo
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapo3-mini shipped 45 days before Mistral Small 3.1

Which is better: Mistral Small 3.1 or o3-mini?

Mistral Small 3.1 and o3-mini do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. o3-mini shipped 45 days before Mistral Small 3.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Small 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model; o3-mini 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-mini released?
o3-mini was released by OpenAI on Jan 31 2025.
Is Mistral Small 3.1 or o3-mini open source?
Mistral Small 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. o3-mini is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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