Model comparison
ERNIE 5.1 vs Mistral Small 3.2
ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Baidu
Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 65.1 to 45.0.
- Mistral Small 3.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Baidu | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.8 | 31.2 |
| Released | — | 2025-06-20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 256K |
| Max output | — | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.0938 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.25 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 6 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
ERNIE 5.1: 44.0 (#76), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1488 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
ERNIE 5.1: —, Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Search | 1227 | — |
Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 21.9 (#211), Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 23.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 131.74 |
Math ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 40.3 (#92), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1481 | — |
Knowledge ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 41.9 (#102), Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1492 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
ERNIE 5.1: 55.5 (#29), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1454 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1508 | — |
| LMArena French | 1488 | — |
| LMArena German | 1470 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1422 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1427 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1459 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1473 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
ERNIE 5.1: 76.7 (#37), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1460 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#59), Mistral Small 3.2: —
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1462 | — |
Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 65.1 (#52), Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1468 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1441 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1471 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Mistral Small 3.2?
ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Mistral Small 3.2 share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.