Model comparison
Ministral 8B vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.1 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 8.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen2.5 32B Instruct's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Ministral 8B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads 24.9 to 12.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 14.9% for Ministral 8B and 56.1% for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.
- Ministral 8B is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.
- Ministral 8B accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Ministral 8B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 28.2 | 30.1 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 131K |
| Max output | 262K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 17 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads
Ministral 8B: 35.0 (#230), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45% |
| LMArena Coding | 1202 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 52.3% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 16.4 (#148), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 11.1% | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Ministral 8B: 18.4 (#281), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | — |
| DTBench | 45.7% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 128.52 |
Math Ministral 8B leads
Ministral 8B: 25.7 (#267), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| MATH Level 5 | 14.9% | 56.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 7.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1188 | — |
Knowledge Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads
Ministral 8B: 12.6 (#297), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 27.1% | 46.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1170 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 35.1 (#247), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1165 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1193 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1195 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 60.5 (#250), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1161 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 36.7 (#227), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1212 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Ministral 8B: 39.6 (#246), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Ministral 8B | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1191 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1166 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 8B better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.1 to 28.2 on the Noometry Index. Ministral 8B costs 8.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen2.5 32B Instruct's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Ministral 8B or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?
Ministral 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5 32B Instruct lists at $0.70 and $2.80.
Is Ministral 8B or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 35.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Ministral 8B does, with 262K tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 8B and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 8B has 17 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.