Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct leads with 21.0% higher average benchmark score. Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Gemma 2 9B was created as a more compact open-source model, designed to deliver capable performance with reduced computational requirements. Built with 9 billion parameters and instruction tuning, it serves applications where efficiency and accessibility are valued alongside the benefits of open-source availability.
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct represents a further evolution of the Small model series, developed with continued refinements to instruction-following and task performance. Built to incorporate ongoing improvements, it provides the latest capabilities in Mistral's intermediate-scale offering.
11 months newer

Gemma 2 9B
2024-06-27

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
2025-06-20
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

Gemma 2 9B

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
2023-10-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Gemma 2 9B

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Gemma 2 9B

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct