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LFM3-1.7B vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

LFM3-1.7B leads the LLM Stats Score 25.0 to 3.7.

Liquid AI · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

LFM3-1.7B leads the overall LLM Stats Score 25.0 to 3.7, ranking #191 overall.

In the 2 individual benchmarks reported for both models, LFM3-1.7B wins 2; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

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

Choose LFM3-1.7B

  • overall performance matters — it scores 25.0 and ranks #191 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 2 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

  • you want predictable pricing at $0.05/M input and $0.08/M output

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

LFM3-1.7B
Liquid AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
25.0
#191
3.7
#343
Reasoning
20.8
#216
3.2
#339
Coding
7.4
#218
4.5
#239
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
2 of 2
0 of 2
Input price
— / M
$0.05 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.08 / M
Context window
—
32,768

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
LFM3-1.7B
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Math
7.6#285
6.9#288
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

20 reported for LFM3-1.7B · 8 for Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

2 shared

LFM3-1.7B outperforms in 2 benchmarks (GPQA, IFEval), while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

LFM3-1.7B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Fri Nov 06 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

22.3B diff

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct has 22.3B more parameters than LFM3-1.7B, making it 1287.3% larger.

Liquid AI
LFM3-1.7B
1.7Bparameters
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
24.0Bparameters
1.7B
LFM3-1.7B
24.0B
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct specifies input context (32,768 tokens). Only Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct specifies output context (32,768 tokens).

Liquid AI
LFM3-1.7B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Input32,768 tokens
Output32,768 tokens
Fri Nov 06 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

LFM3-1.7B is licensed under LFM Open License v1.0, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

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

LFM3-1.7B

LFM Open License v1.0

Open weights

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

LFM3-1.7B was released on 2026-10-27, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct was released on 2025-01-30.

LFM3-1.7B is 21 months newer than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct.

LFM3-1.7B

Oct 27, 2026

1 weeks ago

1.7yr newer
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Jan 30, 2025

1.8 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-10-01, while LFM3-1.7B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without LFM3-1.7B's cutoff date.

LFM3-1.7B

—

Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct

Oct 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against LFM3-1.7B and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

LFM3-1.7B
✓ Preferred
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about LFM3-1.7B vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct.

Which is better, LFM3-1.7B or Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct?

LFM3-1.7B leads the LLM Stats Score 25.0 to 3.7. LFM3-1.7B is made by Liquid AI and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct 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 LFM3-1.7B compare to Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct in benchmarks?

LFM3-1.7B scores IFEval: 96.7%, Multi-IF: 89.1%, LiveCodeBench v6: 73.5%, IFBench: 73.0%, BFCL-V4: 71.4%. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct scores Arena Hard: 87.6%, HumanEval: 84.8%, MT-Bench: 83.5%, IFEval: 82.9%, MATH: 70.6%.

What are the context window sizes for LFM3-1.7B and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct?

LFM3-1.7B supports an unknown number of tokens and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct supports 33K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between LFM3-1.7B and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (25.0 vs 3.7), licensing (LFM Open License v1.0 vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes LFM3-1.7B and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct?

LFM3-1.7B is developed by Liquid AI and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI.

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