# C4ai Aya Expanse 32b vs Mistral

> C4ai Aya Expanse 32b is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/c4ai-aya-expanse-32b-vs-mistral
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. C4ai Aya Expanse 32b scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where C4ai Aya Expanse 32b leads 33.2 to 16.6.
- C4ai Aya Expanse 32b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 29.9 |
| Rank | 221 | 303 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 34.8 (#231)
- Mistral: 33.8 (#250)

| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1197 | 1162 |

## Reasoning

- C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 23.3 (#180)
- Mistral: 22.2 (#200)

| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1193 | 1149 |

## Math

- C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 34.0 (#197)
- Mistral: 22.3 (#278)

| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1200 | 1180 |
| Omni-MATH | — | 7.2% |

## Knowledge

- C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 33.2 (#206)
- Mistral: 16.6 (#288)

| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1182 | 1125 |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 27.7% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 10.9% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 30.3% |

## Multilingual

- C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 38.4 (#230)
- Mistral: 32.8 (#254)

| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1213 | 1129 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1211 | 1109 |
| LMArena French | 1248 | 1180 |
| LMArena German | 1199 | 1155 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1163 | 1013 |
| LMArena Korean | 1158 | 1032 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1168 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1193 | 1143 |

## Instruction Following

- C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 62.6 (#237)
- Mistral: 52.6 (#288)

| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1196 | 1152 |
| IFEval | — | 56.8% |

## Long Context

- C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 37.2 (#220)
- Mistral: 35.0 (#245)

| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1228 | 1153 |

## Writing & Preference

- C4ai Aya Expanse 32b: 42.2 (#235)
- Mistral: 37.0 (#260)

| Benchmark | C4ai Aya Expanse 32b | Mistral |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1224 | 1165 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1200 | 1158 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1190 | 1147 |
| WildBench | — | 66% |

## FAQ

### Is C4ai Aya Expanse 32b better than Mistral?

C4ai Aya Expanse 32b is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.9 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is C4ai Aya Expanse 32b or Mistral better for coding?

C4ai Aya Expanse 32b scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.8 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do C4ai Aya Expanse 32b and Mistral share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. C4ai Aya Expanse 32b has 18 scored results on Noometry and Mistral has 22.