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LFM3-VL-2B vs Mistral Small 3 24B Base

LFM3-VL-2B leads the LLM Stats Score 15.5 to -0.8.

Liquid AI · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

LFM3-VL-2B leads the overall LLM Stats Score 15.5 to -0.8, ranking #265 overall.

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

Choose LFM3-VL-2B

  • overall performance matters — it scores 15.5 and ranks #265 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Mistral Small 3 24B Base

  • you are already invested in the Mistral AI ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

LFM3-VL-2B
Liquid AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Base
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
15.5
#265
-0.8
#368
Reasoning
16.2
#252
-0.8
#362
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
LFM3-VL-2B
Mistral Small 3 24B Base
Math
19.0#187
4.4#303
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

41 reported for LFM3-VL-2B · 9 for Mistral Small 3 24B Base

No common benchmarks found

LFM3-VL-2B and Mistral Small 3 24B Basedon'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

21.7B diff

Mistral Small 3 24B Base has 21.7B more parameters than LFM3-VL-2B, making it 1129.2% larger.

Liquid AI
LFM3-VL-2B
1.9Bparameters
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Base
23.6Bparameters
1.9B
LFM3-VL-2B
23.6B
Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both LFM3-VL-2B and Mistral Small 3 24B Base support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

LFM3-VL-2B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

LFM3-VL-2B is licensed under LFM Open License v1.0, while Mistral Small 3 24B Base uses Apache 2.0.

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

LFM3-VL-2B

LFM Open License v1.0

Open weights

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

LFM3-VL-2B was released on 2026-10-27, while Mistral Small 3 24B Base was released on 2025-01-30.

LFM3-VL-2B is 21 months newer than Mistral Small 3 24B Base.

LFM3-VL-2B

Oct 27, 2026

5 days ago

1.7yr newer
Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Jan 30, 2025

1.8 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Mistral Small 3 24B Base has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-10-01, while LFM3-VL-2B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Mistral Small 3 24B Base's training data extends to 2023-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without LFM3-VL-2B's cutoff date.

LFM3-VL-2B

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Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Oct 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against LFM3-VL-2B and Mistral Small 3 24B Base side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

LFM3-VL-2B
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Mistral Small 3 24B Base
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FAQ

Common questions about LFM3-VL-2B vs Mistral Small 3 24B Base.

Which is better, LFM3-VL-2B or Mistral Small 3 24B Base?

LFM3-VL-2B leads the LLM Stats Score 15.5 to -0.8. LFM3-VL-2B is made by Liquid AI and Mistral Small 3 24B Base 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-VL-2B compare to Mistral Small 3 24B Base in benchmarks?

LFM3-VL-2B scores DocVQA: 96.7%, CountBench: 93.0%, ChartQA: 92.7%, RefCOCO-avg: 90.5%, POPE: 88.7%. Mistral Small 3 24B Base scores ARC-C: 91.3%, GSM8k: 80.7%, MMLU: 80.7%, TriviaQA: 80.3%, MBPP: 69.6%.

What are the main differences between LFM3-VL-2B and Mistral Small 3 24B Base?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (15.5 vs -0.8), licensing (LFM Open License v1.0 vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes LFM3-VL-2B and Mistral Small 3 24B Base?

LFM3-VL-2B is developed by Liquid AI and Mistral Small 3 24B Base is developed by Mistral AI.

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