Model comparison

Mistral Small 3.2 vs Qwen1.5 4b Chat

Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

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Mistral Small 3.2 Mistral AI

31.2

Rank #280 Confirmed

Qwen1.5 4b Chat Alibaba (Qwen)

28.8

Rank #322 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 45.0 to 23.8.

Side by side

Mistral Small 3.2 and Qwen1.5 4b Chat specifications
Mistral Small 3.2Qwen1.5 4b Chat
ProviderMistral AIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index31.228.8
Released2025-06-20—
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window256K—
Max output16K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.0938—
Output $ / M tokens$0.25—
Results tracked613

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.2: —, Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 29.1 (#308)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Qwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Coding—999

Reasoning Too close to call

Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 18.5 (#279)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Qwen1.5 4b Chat
Kagi LLM Benchmark40.4%—
Chess Puzzles1%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—976
Epoch Capabilities Index131.74—

Math Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads

Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.4 (#234)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Qwen1.5 4b Chat
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202530.3%—
LMArena Math—1026

Knowledge Too close to call

Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.7 (#255)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Qwen1.5 4b Chat
GPQA Diamond49.1%—
LMArena Expert—980

Multilingual Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.2: —, Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.1 (#290)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Qwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Non-English—979
LMArena Chinese—1024
LMArena German—902
LMArena Russian—952

Instruction Following Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.2: —, Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.0 (#300)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Qwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Instruction Following—978

Long Context Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.2: —, Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#290)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Qwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Longer Query—988

Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3.2 leads

Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.8 (#309)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2Qwen1.5 4b Chat
LMArena Text—997
LMArena Creative Writing—969
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1255—
LMArena Multi-Turn—977

Frequently asked questions

Is Mistral Small 3.2 better than Qwen1.5 4b Chat?

Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.2 and Qwen1.5 4b Chat share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.2 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13.

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