Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen2.5 72B Instruct leads with 20.4% higher average benchmark score. Mistral Small 3 24B Base supports multimodal inputs. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is available on 4 providers. Overall, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 24B Base was developed as a 24-billion-parameter foundation model, designed to serve as a base for fine-tuning and customization. Built to provide a strong starting point for domain-specific applications, it represents an intermediate-scale option in Mistral's model lineup.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 72B was developed as the flagship text model in the Qwen 2.5 series, designed to provide advanced language capabilities with 72 billion parameters. Built to compete with frontier models in reasoning, coding, and general language tasks, it represents Qwen's most capable instruction-following model in this generation.
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Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

Mistral Small 3 24B Base
Mistral AI
2025-01-30
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 5 common benchmarks

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
Mistral Small 3 24B Base
2023-10-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
DeepInfra

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
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