# Devstral Small 2505 vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

> Devstral Small 2505 is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/devstral-small-vs-qwen2-5-32b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- Devstral Small 2505 is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.30 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 128K.

## Snapshot

| | Devstral Small 2505 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 34.3 | 30.1 |
| Rank | 233 | 297 |
| Context | 128K | 131K |
| Input $/M | $0.10 | $0.70 |
| Output $/M | $0.30 | $2.80 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Devstral Small 2505: 38.9 (#166)
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)

| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 56.4% | — |
| SciCode | 28.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 52.3% |

## Reasoning

- Devstral Small 2505: 19.7 (#252)
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)

| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.7% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 128.52 |

## Math

- Devstral Small 2505: —
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)

| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 7.4% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 56.1% |

## Knowledge

- Devstral Small 2505: —
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)

| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 46.1% |

## FAQ

### Is Devstral Small 2505 better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Devstral Small 2505 is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 30.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Devstral Small 2505 or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?

Devstral Small 2505 is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5 32B Instruct lists at $0.70 and $2.80.

### Is Devstral Small 2505 or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (38.9 vs 38.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.

### Which has the bigger context window?

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

### How many benchmarks do Devstral Small 2505 and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Devstral Small 2505 has 4 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.