Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct leads with 2.9% higher average benchmark score. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek VL2 Small is a multimodal language model developed by DeepSeek. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 69.6% across 14 benchmarks. It excels particularly in DocVQA (92.3%), ChartQA (84.5%), OCRBench (83.4%). As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2024, it represents DeepSeek's latest advancement in AI technology.
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct is a multimodal language model developed by Mistral AI. It achieves strong performance with an average score of 69.6% across 15 benchmarks. It excels particularly in DocVQA (94.9%), AI2D (92.9%), HumanEval Plus (92.9%). As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. It's licensed for commercial use, making it suitable for enterprise applications. Released in 2025, it represents Mistral AI's latest advancement in AI technology.
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DeepSeek VL2 Small
DeepSeek
2024-12-13
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
2025-06-20
Average performance across 24 common benchmarks
DeepSeek VL2 Small
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
2023-10-01
Available providers and their performance metrics
DeepSeek VL2 Small
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
DeepSeek VL2 Small
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct