# Mistral vs Mistral Small 3.2

> Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-vs-mistral-small-3-2
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mistral Small 3.2 leads 26.8 to 16.3.
- Mistral Small 3.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 30.8 |
| Rank | 297 | 271 |
| Context | — | 256K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.0938 |
| Output $/M | — | $0.25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral: 33.2 (#249)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | — |

## Reasoning

- Mistral: 21.3 (#199)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 17.5 (#282)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 40.4% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 131.73 |

## Math

- Mistral: 20.5 (#275)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 24.9 (#251)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 30.3% |
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1180 | — |

## Knowledge

- Mistral: 16.3 (#283)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 26.8 (#249)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 49.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral: 33.0 (#249)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | — |
| LMArena French | 1179 | — |
| LMArena German | 1155 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1012 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral: 52.9 (#283)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | — |

## Long Context

- Mistral: 35.0 (#240)
- Mistral Small 3.2: —

| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1154 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral: 37.2 (#255)
- Mistral Small 3.2: 45.1 (#219)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Small 3.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1255 |
| WildBench | 66% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral better than Mistral Small 3.2?

Mistral Small 3.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.8 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

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

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Small 3.2 has 6.