Model comparison
Mistral Small 3.2 vs StarCoder 2 3B
Mistral Small 3.2 has enough public results to be ranked (#271); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
NVIDIASummary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3.2 | StarCoder 2 3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 30.8 | 35.8 |
| Released | 2025-06-20 | 2024-02-22 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0938 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.25 | — |
| Results tracked | 6 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, StarCoder 2 3B: 32.9
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 21.4% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 27.4% |
Reasoning Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: 17.5 (#282), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.73 | 88.01 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |
Math Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: 24.9 (#251), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30.3% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 21.6% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: 26.8 (#249), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 49.1% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 34.2% |
| MMLU | — | 36.6% |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: 45.1 (#219), StarCoder 2 3B: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1255 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3.2 better than StarCoder 2 3B?
Mistral Small 3.2 has enough public results to be ranked (#271); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.2 and StarCoder 2 3B share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.2 has 6 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.