Model comparison
DBRX vs Mistral Small 3.1
Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.7 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
Mistral AISummary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Small 3.1 in 6 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Mistral Small 3.1 leads 41.2 to 29.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 41.9% for Mistral Small 3.1.
Side by side
| DBRX | Mistral Small 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 31.7 |
| Released | 2024-03-27 | 2025-03-17 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 102K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.35 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.56 |
| Results tracked | 21 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3.1 leads
DBRX: 32.9 (#266), Mistral Small 3.1: 38.3 (#179)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1309 |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |
Reasoning DBRX leads
DBRX: 21.4 (#222), Mistral Small 3.1: 19.7 (#254)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1278 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 127.48 |
Math DBRX leads
DBRX: 24.3 (#269), Mistral Small 3.1: 14.7 (#301)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1262 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 3.9% |
| Omni-MATH | — | 24.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Small 3.1 leads
DBRX: 14.9 (#294), Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#271)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 41.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1257 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 61% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 39.2% |
Multimodal Not comparable
DBRX: —, Mistral Small 3.1: 33.2 (#99)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1136 |
Multilingual Mistral Small 3.1 leads
DBRX: 29.3 (#268), Mistral Small 3.1: 41.2 (#209)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1255 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1253 |
| LMArena French | 1096 | 1273 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1266 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | 1208 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1206 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1263 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1283 |
Instruction Following Mistral Small 3.1 leads
DBRX: 57.5 (#270), Mistral Small 3.1: 63.6 (#230)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1264 |
| IFEval | — | 75% |
Long Context Mistral Small 3.1 leads
DBRX: 33.7 (#258), Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#178)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1299 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3.1 leads
DBRX: 33.6 (#275), Mistral Small 3.1: 37.0 (#259)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1277 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1253 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1270 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 761 |
| WildBench | — | 78.8% |
Frequently asked questions
Is DBRX better than Mistral Small 3.1?
Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.7 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is DBRX or Mistral Small 3.1 better for coding?
Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.3 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DBRX and Mistral Small 3.1 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.1 has 28.