# Devstral Small 2 vs Qwen3-Coder-Next (slim)

> Devstral Small 2 scores 61 (C) to Qwen3-Coder-Next's 57.6 (C) 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 Qwen3-Coder-Next's 57.6 (C), and leads in 3 of 4 scored categories. Qwen3-Coder-Next leads on agent interface. 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
- Qwen3-Coder-Next: C 57.6, rank #107 of 160 open-weight models · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qwen3-coder-next.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 85; Risk, 60 against 50; Documentation and upkeep, 46 against 41.
- Qwen3-Coder-Next, good for Agents that want a local coding model for long tool-calling loops on a single 64 GB to 128 GB machine. Ahead on Agent interface, 75 against 65.

| Category | Devstral Small 2 | Qwen3-Coder-Next |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capability (35%) | pending | pending |
| Reach (25%) | 90 | 85 |
| Risk (20%) | 60 | 50 |
| Agent interface (10%) | 65 | 75 |
| Documentation and upkeep (10%) | 46 | 41 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Devstral Small 2 | Qwen3-Coder-Next |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen team) |
| Last release | 2026-07-15 | 2026-02-03 |
| Agent reviews | none | 2.8/5 (4) |

Why the edge:
- 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.); Qwen3-Coder-Next 50 (Safetensors and GGUF only, with the two shipped parsers outside the documented loading path, gives file safety 25, and files in the Qwen organisation the publis…)
- Agent interface, Qwen3-Coder-Next +10: Devstral Small 2 65 (Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (11,362 characters), with the tokenizer's tekken file for mistral-common.); Qwen3-Coder-Next 75 (The template ships in the repository (20).)
- Reach, Devstral Small 2 +5: 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.); Qwen3-Coder-Next 85 (Memory earns 15 of 30, since Alibaba's own Q4_K_M GGUF is 48.4 GB, about 58 GB with a fifth added, inside the 64 GB band, and LM Studio's MLX and Ollama's build…)
- Documentation and upkeep, Devstral Small 2 +5: Devstral Small 2 46 (Model card 11, Intended use, the architecture, the parameters and the context are on the card.); Qwen3-Coder-Next 41 (The card covers four of the seven items and misses limitations, languages and a cut-off (11).)