Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct leads with 14.8% higher average benchmark score. Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Overall, Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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.
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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2025-06-20
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 5 common benchmarks

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2023-10-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

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Azure

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