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Mistral has been quite good at multiple tasks I throw at it given its small size. But for specific tasks some models can work better

There is an upcoming NeuralHermes-2.5-Mistral-70B, chances are it will also have vision version as well. Looking at really impressive performance of 7B version. I think 70B will set new benchmarks in OSS AI world. But, there are plenty of other models as well. You should choose according to your use case.

Just one, and assuming no extra training? I think I'd go with Capybara Tess Yi 34b. In part because of how well it seems to follow instructions. But also because it has the broadest scope of knowledge that I've seen in any of the models so far. A lot of the models tap out on a lot of things past what you'd get from the first paragraph of Wikipedia. I get that feeling far less often with capy so far.

OpenHermes-2.5-Mistral-7B-16k imo

Wizard-lm 13b

I keep trying new models, and I keep going back to Dolphin-Mistral-2.2.1. There is something about the quality of the interactions that is different from the other models, and is, I don't know, unexplainably better. I cannot identify why this remains in my mind the best model of all models I've tested, clear up to 33b (the largest my pitiful machine will load), but I continue to think this. Now, I haven't tested every model, so my opinion is completely anecdotal. Dolphin just kicks it, though. It just does such a good job at almost everything I throw at it. I won't say it doesn't foul up here and there, but it still blows the other small models out of the water as far as I'm concerned.

The Best? Id think a goliath 120B finetune like Tess XL