Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct leads with 4.5% higher average benchmark score. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Gemma 3 12B was developed as part of the third generation of Google's open-source model family, designed to provide enhanced capabilities in a mid-sized format. Built with improved architecture and training techniques, it balances performance with practical deployment considerations for diverse use cases.
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.
3 months newer

Gemma 3 12B
2025-03-12

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
2025-06-20
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 7 common benchmarks

Gemma 3 12B

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

Gemma 3 12B
DeepInfra

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Gemma 3 12B

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Gemma 3 12B

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct