Model comparison
Mistral Small 3 vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 6 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 6 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small 3 scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct in 2 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- Mistral Small 3 is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 33K.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.2 | 30.1 |
| Released | 2025-01-30 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 33K | 131K |
| Max output | 16K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.08 | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads
Mistral Small 3: 36.5 (#207), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.3% | 45% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 50.4% | 52.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1246 | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Mistral Small 3: 18.9 (#273), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 0% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.07 | 128.52 |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1233 | — |
Math Too close to call
Mistral Small 3: 16.3 (#295), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 6.7% | 7.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1240 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 56.1% |
Knowledge Too close to call
Mistral Small 3: 25.1 (#263), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | 46.1% |
| Confabulations | 25.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1202 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 37.3 (#236), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1198 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1204 | — |
| LMArena French | 1203 | — |
| LMArena German | 1211 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1111 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1188 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 63.7 (#229), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1214 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#211), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1246 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 32.2 (#280), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1234 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1195 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 707 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1217 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3 better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Small 3 or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?
Mistral Small 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5 32B Instruct lists at $0.70 and $2.80.
Is Mistral Small 3 or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.7 versus 36.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct does, with 131K tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3 and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?
6 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.