Model Comparison

Codestral-22B vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Codestral-22B outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is better at 2 benchmarks (HumanEval, MBPP).

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

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Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

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Mistral AI
Codestral-22B
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

10.3B diff

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 10.3B more parameters than Codestral-22B, making it 46.4% larger.

Mistral AI
Codestral-22B
22.2Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
32.5Bparameters
22.2B
Codestral-22B
32.5B
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

License

Usage and distribution terms

Codestral-22B is licensed under MNPL-0.1, while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Codestral-22B

MNPL-0.1

Open weights

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Codestral-22B was released on 2024-05-29, while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is 4 months newer than Codestral-22B.

Codestral-22B

May 29, 2024

1.9 years ago

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

1.6 years ago

3mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Mistral AI
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Higher HumanEval score (88.4% vs 81.1%)
Higher MBPP score (84.0% vs 78.2%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Mistral AI
Codestral-22B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Codestral-22B vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Codestral-22B is made by Mistral AI and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
Codestral-22B scores HumanEvalFIM-Average: 91.6%, HumanEval: 81.1%, MBPP: 78.2%, Spider: 63.5%, HumanEval-Average: 61.5%. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores GSM8k: 95.9%, HumanEval: 88.4%, HellaSwag: 85.2%, BBH: 84.5%, MBPP: 84.0%.
Key differences include licensing (MNPL-0.1 vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Codestral-22B is developed by Mistral AI and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.