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Mistral Small vs Mixtral 8×7B

Mistral Mistral Small vs Mistral Mixtral 8×7B — side-by-side specs.

Mistral
Mistral Small
Mistral
Mixtral 8×7B
Overview
CompanyMistralMistral
Release dateFeb 26 2024Dec 9 2023
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
Timeline
Release gapMixtral 8×7B shipped 79 days before Mistral Small

Which is better: Mistral Small or Mixtral 8×7B?

Mistral Small and Mixtral 8×7B do not have directly comparable benchmark scores published on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU. Mixtral 8×7B shipped 79 days before Mistral Small, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mixtral 8×7B is an open-source / open-weight model; Mistral Small 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 released?
Mistral Small was released by Mistral on Feb 26 2024.
When was Mixtral 8×7B released?
Mixtral 8×7B was released by Mistral on Dec 9 2023.
Is Mistral Small or Mixtral 8×7B open source?
Mixtral 8×7B is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Mistral Small is a proprietary model released by Mistral.

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