Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct leads with 16.3% higher average benchmark score. Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct was developed as the instruction-tuned version of the 3.1 base model, designed to deliver improved instruction-following with refinements from the updated architecture. Built to serve diverse applications with enhanced reliability, it advances the Small model line's capabilities.
Microsoft
Phi-3.5 Mini was developed by Microsoft as a small language model designed to deliver impressive performance despite its compact size. Built with efficiency in mind, it demonstrates that capable language understanding and generation can be achieved with fewer parameters, making AI more accessible for edge and resource-constrained deployments.
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2024-08-23

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2025-03-17
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 6 common benchmarks

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Available providers and their performance metrics

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