Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Mistral AI
Devstral Small was developed as a more efficient development-focused model, designed to bring software engineering assistance to resource-conscious deployments. Built to provide coding capabilities with reduced computational requirements, it enables developer tools in environments where efficiency is paramount.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B was created as an efficient coding-specialized model, designed to bring strong programming capabilities to resource-conscious deployments. Built with 7 billion parameters optimized for code understanding and generation, it provides developers with a lightweight option for code-related tasks.
9 months newer

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

Devstral Small 1.1
Mistral AI
2025-07-11
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics

Devstral Small 1.1
Mistral AI

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Devstral Small 1.1

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct

Devstral Small 1.1

Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct