# Mistral Small 3.2 vs StarCoder 2 15B

> Mistral Small 3.2 has enough public results to be ranked (#280); StarCoder 2 15B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-small-3-2-vs-starcoder-2-15b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Small 3.2 | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 31.2 | 38.1 |
| Rank | 280 | — |
| Context | 256K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.0938 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.25 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Small 3.2: —
- StarCoder 2 15B: 36.6

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 38.4% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 37.8% |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287)
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.74 | 105 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 64.3% |

## Math

- Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260)
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30.3% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 57.7% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256)
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 49.1% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 47.2% |
| MMLU | — | 64.1% |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224)
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1255 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Small 3.2 better than StarCoder 2 15B?

Mistral Small 3.2 has enough public results to be ranked (#280); StarCoder 2 15B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.2 and StarCoder 2 15B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.2 has 6 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 15B has 7.