# Devstral Small 2 vs Kimi K3.1 Pro (slim)

> Devstral Small 2 scores 61 (C) to Kimi K3.1 Pro's 48.6 (D) for open-weight models you run yourself. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Devstral Small 2 scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Kimi K3.1 Pro's 48.6 (D), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. Kimi K3.1 Pro leads on documentation and upkeep. Both do open-weight models you run yourself.

- Devstral Small 2: C 61, rank #60 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/devstral-small-2.min.md
- Kimi K3.1 Pro: D 48.6, rank #151 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kimi-k3-1-pro.min.md
- Devstral Small 2, good for Developers who want a dependable local coding agent on one consumer GPU or a 32 GB Mac Ahead on Reach, 90 against 40; Risk, 60 against 50.
- Kimi K3.1 Pro, good for Operators with a multi-accelerator node who want Moonshot's newest open-weight model for coding and long agent sessions, and everyone else through an API Ahead on Documentation and upkeep, 51 against 46.

| Category | Devstral Small 2 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 90 | 40 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 50 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 65 | 65 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 46 | 51 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Devstral Small 2 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Mistral AI | Moonshot AI |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Kimi K3.1 Pro License (modified MIT) |
| Last release | 2026-07-15 | 2026-11-05 |

Why the edge:
- Reach, Devstral Small 2 +50: Devstral Small 2 90 (Memory 25, the smallest build at 4 bits from a runtime's own library is Ollama's devstral-small-2 at Q4_K_M, 15 GB, and 15 GB × 1.2 = 18 GB, within 24 GB.); Kimi K3.1 Pro 40 (Memory 0, the only build is Moonshot's 1,561 GB MXFP4 release, far above 256 GB.)
- Risk, Devstral Small 2 +10: Devstral Small 2 60 (File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files and no Python in the repository.); Kimi K3.1 Pro 50 (File safety 15, safetensors only, less 10 for remote code and prompts built by the repository's script.)
- Documentation and upkeep, Kimi K3.1 Pro +5: Devstral Small 2 46 (Model card 11, Intended use, the architecture, the parameters and the context are on the card.); Kimi K3.1 Pro 51 (Model card 11, no limitations, languages or cut-off.)