Mistral Small and Kimi Linear don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Mistral Small shipped 612 days before Kimi Linear, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Small is proprietary, while Kimi Linear is open weight.

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