Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct leads with 1.4% higher average benchmark score. Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
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.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen 2.5 14B was developed as a mid-sized instruction-tuned model, designed to balance capability and efficiency for diverse language tasks. Built with 14 billion parameters, it provides strong performance for applications requiring reliable instruction-following without the resource demands of larger models.
5 months newer

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2024-09-19

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
2025-03-17
Average performance across 6 common benchmarks

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Available providers and their performance metrics

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct