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Mistral Small 3.2 vs GPT-4o mini

Mistral
Mistral Small 3.2
OpenAI
GPT-4o mini
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateJun 20 2025Jul 18 2024
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Specifications
Parameters
24B
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
2%
Timeline
Release gapGPT-4o mini shipped 337 days before Mistral Small 3.2

Which is better: Mistral Small 3.2 or GPT-4o mini?

Mistral Small 3.2 and GPT-4o mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. GPT-4o mini shipped 337 days before Mistral Small 3.2, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Small 3.2 is open weight, while GPT-4o mini is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Mistral Small 3.2 and GPT-4o mini don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Mistral Small 3.2 was released by Mistral on Jun 20 2025.

GPT-4o mini was released by OpenAI on Jul 18 2024.

Mistral Small 3.2 is an open weight model released by Mistral. GPT-4o mini is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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