# Mistral Small 3 vs QwQ-32B

> QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-small-3-vs-qwq-32b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 24

## Summary

- They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small 3 scores higher in 1 category and QwQ-32B in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where QwQ-32B leads 36.2 to 15.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 6.7% for Mistral Small 3 and 59.2% for QwQ-32B.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Small 3 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.9 | 39.4 |
| Rank | 268 | 153 |
| Context | 33K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.05 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.08 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Small 3: 36.0 (#203)
- QwQ-32B: 34.9 (#220)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.3% | 44.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1246 | 1333 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 50.4% | 54.4% |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 20.9% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 72.2% |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Small 3: 18.2 (#269)
- QwQ-32B: 22.9 (#171)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1233 | 1326 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.06 | 137.6 |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 83.5% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65% |
| ForecastBench | — | 58.3 |
| LiveBench | — | 72% |

## Math

- Mistral Small 3: 15.3 (#290)
- QwQ-32B: 36.2 (#123)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 6.7% | 59.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1240 | 1359 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 77.8% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Small 3: 25.0 (#258)
- QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#150)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | 65.3% |
| Confabulations | 25.2% | 15.6% |
| LMArena Expert | 1202 | 1323 |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Small 3: 37.5 (#231)
- QwQ-32B: 45.0 (#171)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1198 | 1306 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1204 | 1378 |
| LMArena French | 1202 | 1337 |
| LMArena German | 1211 | 1313 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1111 | 1263 |
| LMArena Korean | 1188 | 1278 |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | 1297 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1353 |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Small 3: 63.9 (#224)
- QwQ-32B: 72.8 (#131)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1214 | 1297 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 81.8% |

## Long Context

- Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#206)
- QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1246 | 1308 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 83.3% |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Small 3: 32.4 (#275)
- QwQ-32B: 50.9 (#175)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1234 | 1329 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1195 | 1288 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 707 | 1257 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1217 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 80.2% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 51.4% |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Small 3 better than QwQ-32B?

QwQ-32B is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.4 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mistral Small 3 or QwQ-32B better for coding?

Mistral Small 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.0 versus 34.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3 and QwQ-32B share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.