Model comparison

Pixtral Large vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.7 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct costs 2.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Pixtral Large's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

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Pixtral Large Mistral AI

31.7

Rank #257 Reported

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct Alibaba (Qwen)

29.7

Rank #291 Confirmed

Summary

  • Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is cheaper at $0.70 / $2.80 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Pixtral Large.
  • Qwen2.5 32B Instruct accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

Pixtral Large and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct specifications
Pixtral LargeQwen2.5 32B Instruct
ProviderMistral AIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index31.729.7
Released2024-11-012024-09
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window128K131K
Max output128K8K
Input $ / M tokens$2$0.70
Output $ / M tokens$6$2.80
Results tracked37

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Pixtral Large: —, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.1 (#165)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkPixtral LargeQwen2.5 32B Instruct
BigCodeBench Instruct—45%
BigCodeBench Complete—52.3%

Reasoning Pixtral Large leads

Pixtral Large: 20.9 (#208), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 18.5 (#262)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkPixtral LargeQwen2.5 32B Instruct
Chess Puzzles—0%
EnigmaEval0.8%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—128.52

Math Not comparable

Pixtral Large: —, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 15.3 (#289)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkPixtral LargeQwen2.5 32B Instruct
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—7.4%
MATH Level 5—56.1%

Knowledge Not comparable

Pixtral Large: —, Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#259)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkPixtral LargeQwen2.5 32B Instruct
GPQA Diamond—46.1%

Multimodal Not comparable

Pixtral Large: 30.0 (#105), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkPixtral LargeQwen2.5 32B Instruct
LMArena Vision1089—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#273), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkPixtral LargeQwen2.5 32B Instruct
EQ-Bench Creative Writing988—

Frequently asked questions

Is Pixtral Large better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Pixtral Large is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.7 to 29.7 on the Noometry Index. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct costs 2.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Pixtral Large's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, Pixtral Large or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is cheaper. It lists at $0.70 per million input tokens and $2.80 per million output tokens; Pixtral Large lists at $2 and $6.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct does, with 131K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Pixtral Large and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Pixtral Large has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.

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