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
Qwen2 7B was created as an efficient variant in the Qwen2 family, designed to provide capable instruction-following with 7 billion parameters. Built to serve as a practical foundation for applications requiring reliable language understanding, it balances performance with deployment efficiency.
11 months newer

Qwen2 7B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-07-23

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 7B Instruct

Devstral Small 1.1

Qwen2 7B Instruct

Devstral Small 1.1

Qwen2 7B Instruct