Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Mistral Small 3 24B Base leads with 4.5% higher average benchmark score. Mistral Small 3 24B Base supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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
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.
6 months newer

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

Mistral Small 3 24B Base
Mistral AI
2025-01-30
Average performance across 6 common benchmarks

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Qwen2 7B Instruct
Mistral Small 3 24B Base
2023-10-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Qwen2 7B Instruct

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Qwen2 7B Instruct