Mistral Small 3 and Kimi Chat don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Kimi Chat shipped 458 days before Mistral Small 3, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Small 3 is open weight, while Kimi Chat is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Mistral Small 3 and Kimi Chat don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.