# DBRX vs Mistral Small 3.2

> Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dbrx-vs-mistral-small-3-2
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Small 3.2 in 3 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 26.7 to 14.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 49.1% for Mistral Small 3.2.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 31.2 |
| Rank | 311 | 280 |
| Context | — | 256K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.0938 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.25 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.9 (#266)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 21.4 (#222)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 131.74 |

## Math

- DBRX: 24.3 (#269)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30.3% |
| LMArena Math | 1145 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#294)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 49.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | — |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.3 (#268)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | — |
| LMArena French | 1096 | — |
| LMArena German | 1057 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | — |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.5 (#270)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | — |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#258)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.6 (#275)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1255 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | — |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Mistral Small 3.2?

Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.2 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Mistral Small 3.2 share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.