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Devstral Small 1.1 vs Qwen2 72B Instruct

Devstral Small 1.1 leads the LLM Stats Score 9.6 to 6.0.

Mistral AI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Devstral Small 1.1 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 9.6 to 6.0, ranking #258 overall.

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

Choose Devstral Small 1.1

  • overall performance matters — it scores 9.6 and ranks #258 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jul 2025

Choose Qwen2 72B Instruct

  • you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Devstral Small 1.1
Mistral AI
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
9.6
#258
6.0
#283
Reasoning
9.5
#250
5.8
#279
Coding
1.1
#227
9.9
#161
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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—
Input price
$0.10 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.30 / M
— / M
Context window
128,000
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Individual benchmarks

1 reported for Devstral Small 1.1 · 17 for Qwen2 72B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Devstral Small 1.1 and Qwen2 72B Instructdon'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

48.0B diff

Qwen2 72B Instruct has 48.0B more parameters than Devstral Small 1.1, making it 200.0% larger.

Mistral AI
Devstral Small 1.1
24.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct
72.0Bparameters
24.0B
Devstral Small 1.1
72.0B
Qwen2 72B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Devstral Small 1.1 specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Devstral Small 1.1 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Mistral AI
Devstral Small 1.1
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 72B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Fri Sep 04 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Devstral Small 1.1 is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Qwen2 72B Instruct uses tongyi-qianwen.

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

Devstral Small 1.1

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen2 72B Instruct

tongyi-qianwen

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Devstral Small 1.1 was released on 2025-07-11, while Qwen2 72B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Devstral Small 1.1 is 12 months newer than Qwen2 72B Instruct.

Devstral Small 1.1

Jul 11, 2025

1.2 years ago

11mo newer
Qwen2 72B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

2.1 years 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 Devstral Small 1.1 and Qwen2 72B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Devstral Small 1.1
✓ Preferred
Qwen2 72B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Devstral Small 1.1 vs Qwen2 72B Instruct.

Which is better, Devstral Small 1.1 or Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Devstral Small 1.1 leads the LLM Stats Score 9.6 to 6.0. Devstral Small 1.1 is made by Mistral AI and Qwen2 72B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Devstral Small 1.1 compare to Qwen2 72B Instruct in benchmarks?

Devstral Small 1.1 scores SWE-Bench Verified: 53.6%. Qwen2 72B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.1%, CMMLU: 90.1%, HellaSwag: 87.6%, HumanEval: 86.0%, Winogrande: 85.1%.

What are the context window sizes for Devstral Small 1.1 and Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Devstral Small 1.1 supports 128K tokens and Qwen2 72B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Devstral Small 1.1 and Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (9.6 vs 6.0), licensing (Apache 2.0 vs tongyi-qianwen). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Devstral Small 1.1 and Qwen2 72B Instruct?

Devstral Small 1.1 is developed by Mistral AI and Qwen2 72B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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