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Atria Dawn Preview vs Shieldstral 1.0 (3B)

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to -2.4.

Shanghai AI Laboratory · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 52.3 to -2.4, ranking #10 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Atria Dawn Preview

  • overall performance matters — it scores 52.3 and ranks #10 on LLM Stats
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

Choose Shieldstral 1.0 (3B)

  • you are already invested in the Mistral AI ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Atria Dawn Preview
Shanghai AI Laboratory
Shieldstral 1.0 (3B)
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
52.3
#10
-2.4
#338
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
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Output price
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Individual benchmarks

12 reported for Atria Dawn Preview · 1 for Shieldstral 1.0 (3B)

No common benchmarks found

Atria Dawn Preview and Shieldstral 1.0 (3B)don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

741.0B diff

Atria Dawn Preview has 741.0B more parameters than Shieldstral 1.0 (3B), making it 24700.0% larger.

Shanghai AI Laboratory
Atria Dawn Preview
744.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Shieldstral 1.0 (3B)
3.0Bparameters
744.0B
Atria Dawn Preview
3.0B
Shieldstral 1.0 (3B)

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Shieldstral 1.0 (3B) supports multimodal inputs, whereas Atria Dawn Preview does not.

Shieldstral 1.0 (3B) can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Atria Dawn Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Shieldstral 1.0 (3B)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Atria Dawn Preview is licensed under MIT, while Shieldstral 1.0 (3B) uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Atria Dawn Preview

MIT

Open weights

Shieldstral 1.0 (3B)

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Atria Dawn Preview was released on 2026-09-11, while Shieldstral 1.0 (3B) was released on 2026-08-04.

Atria Dawn Preview is 1 month newer than Shieldstral 1.0 (3B).

Atria Dawn Preview

Sep 11, 2026

1 weeks ago

1mo newer
Shieldstral 1.0 (3B)

Aug 4, 2026

1 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Atria Dawn Preview and Shieldstral 1.0 (3B) side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Atria Dawn Preview
✓ Preferred
Shieldstral 1.0 (3B)
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FAQ

Common questions about Atria Dawn Preview vs Shieldstral 1.0 (3B).

Which is better, Atria Dawn Preview or Shieldstral 1.0 (3B)?

Atria Dawn Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to -2.4. Atria Dawn Preview is made by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Shieldstral 1.0 (3B) is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Atria Dawn Preview compare to Shieldstral 1.0 (3B) in benchmarks?

Atria Dawn Preview scores DeepSearchQA: 96.0%, BrowseComp: 92.5%, CyberGym: 86.5%, MLE-Bench Lite: 86.2%, WideSearch: 81.9%. Shieldstral 1.0 (3B) scores XSTest: 94.6%.

What are the main differences between Atria Dawn Preview and Shieldstral 1.0 (3B)?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (52.3 vs -2.4), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (MIT vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Atria Dawn Preview and Shieldstral 1.0 (3B)?

Atria Dawn Preview is developed by Shanghai AI Laboratory and Shieldstral 1.0 (3B) is developed by Mistral AI.

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