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Mistral Small 3.2 vs o4-mini-high

Mistral
Mistral Small 3.2
OpenAI
o4-mini-high
Overview
CompanyMistralOpenAI
Release dateJun 20 2025Apr 16 2025
AccessOpen WeightProprietary
Specifications
Parameters
24B
Timeline
Release gapo4-mini-high shipped 65 days before Mistral Small 3.2

Which is better: Mistral Small 3.2 or o4-mini-high?

Mistral Small 3.2 and o4-mini-high don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. o4-mini-high shipped 65 days before Mistral Small 3.2, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Small 3.2 is open weight, while o4-mini-high is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Mistral Small 3.2 and o4-mini-high 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.

o4-mini-high was released by OpenAI on Apr 16 2025.

Mistral Small 3.2 is an open weight model released by Mistral. o4-mini-high is a proprietary model released by OpenAI.

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