Model comparison
Mistral Small 3.2 vs Qwen3-4B
Mistral Small 3.2 and Qwen3-4B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.2 vs 31.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small 3.2 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3-4B in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3-4B leads 33.0 to 26.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 30.3% for Mistral Small 3.2 and 52.2% for Qwen3-4B.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3.2 | Qwen3-4B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.2 | 31.9 |
| Released | 2025-06-20 | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0938 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.25 | — |
| Results tracked | 6 | 6 |
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Category by category
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Qwen3-4B: 27.6 (#100)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 35.7% |
Reasoning Qwen3-4B leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287), Qwen3-4B: 19.2 (#268)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | 4% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.74 | — |
Math Qwen3-4B leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260), Qwen3-4B: 29.7 (#240)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30.3% | 52.2% |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 38.5% |
Knowledge Qwen3-4B leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256), Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#208)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 49.1% | 52.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 5.7% |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224), Qwen3-4B: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Qwen3-4B |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1255 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3.2 better than Qwen3-4B?
Mistral Small 3.2 and Qwen3-4B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (31.2 vs 31.9), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.2 and Qwen3-4B share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.2 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.