Model comparison

Mistral Small 3.2 vs Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct

Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 1 shared benchmarks.

Mistral Small 3.2

Mistral AI

31.2

Rank #280 Confirmed

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct

Alibaba (Qwen)

29.9

Rank #302 Confirmed

Summary

They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Mistral Small 3.2 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
Mistral Small 3.2 is cheaper at $0.0938 / $0.25 per million input/output tokens, against $2.80 / $8.40 for Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct.
Mistral Small 3.2 accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Mistral Small 3.2 and Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct specifications
	Mistral Small 3.2	Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct
Provider	Mistral AI	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	31.2	29.9
Released	2025-06-20	2024-09
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	256K	131K
Max output	16K	8K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.0938	$2.80
Output $ / M tokens	$0.25	$8.40
Results tracked	6	6

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Category by category

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.2: —, Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 18.6 (#144)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Small 3.2	Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct
OSWorld	—	5%

Reasoning Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct leads

Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287), Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 20.7 (#233)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Small 3.2	Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct
Kagi LLM Benchmark	40.4%	36%
Chess Puzzles	1%	—
Epoch Capabilities Index	131.74	—

Math Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260), Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Small 3.2	Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	30.3%	—

Knowledge Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256), Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Small 3.2	Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct
GPQA Diamond	49.1%	—

Multimodal Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.2: —, Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: 33.5 (#97)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Small 3.2	Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct
LMArena Vision	—	1107
Video-MME	—	73.5%
GeoBench	—	62%
SpatialViz-Bench	—	33.3%

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224), Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Small 3.2	Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1255	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Mistral Small 3.2 better than Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct?

Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Mistral Small 3.2 or Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct?

Mistral Small 3.2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.0938 per million input tokens and $0.25 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct lists at $2.80 and $8.40.

Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Small 3.2 does, with 256K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.2 and Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.2 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct has 6.