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Codestral-22B vs Qwen3 32B

Qwen3 32B leads the LLM Stats Score 18.7 to 0.2.

Mistral AI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Qwen3 32B leads the overall LLM Stats Score 18.7 to 0.2, ranking #197 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Codestral-22B

  • you are already invested in the Mistral AI ecosystem

Choose Qwen3 32B

  • overall performance matters — it scores 18.7 and ranks #197 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Apr 2025

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Codestral-22B
Mistral AI
Qwen3 32B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
0.2
#310
18.7
#197
Reasoning
0.1
#304
18.9
#191
Coding
2.5
#214
9.1
#166
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$0.10 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.30 / M
Context window
—
128,000

Individual benchmarks

7 reported for Codestral-22B · 9 for Qwen3 32B

No common benchmarks found

Codestral-22B and Qwen3 32Bdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

10.6B diff

Qwen3 32B has 10.6B more parameters than Codestral-22B, making it 47.7% larger.

Mistral AI
Codestral-22B
22.2Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 32B
32.8Bparameters
22.2B
Codestral-22B
32.8B
Qwen3 32B

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3 32B specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Qwen3 32B specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Mistral AI
Codestral-22B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 32B
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Wed Sep 02 2026 • llm-stats.com

License

Usage and distribution terms

Codestral-22B is licensed under MNPL-0.1, while Qwen3 32B 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

Qwen3 32B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Codestral-22B was released on 2024-05-29, while Qwen3 32B was released on 2025-04-29.

Qwen3 32B is 11 months newer than Codestral-22B.

Codestral-22B

May 29, 2024

2.3 years ago

Qwen3 32B

Apr 29, 2025

1.3 years ago

11mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Codestral-22B and Qwen3 32B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Codestral-22B
✓ Preferred
Qwen3 32B
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FAQ

Common questions about Codestral-22B vs Qwen3 32B.

Which is better, Codestral-22B or Qwen3 32B?

Qwen3 32B leads the LLM Stats Score 18.7 to 0.2. Codestral-22B is made by Mistral AI and Qwen3 32B is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Codestral-22B compare to Qwen3 32B in benchmarks?

Codestral-22B scores HumanEvalFIM-Average: 91.6%, HumanEval: 81.1%, MBPP: 78.2%, Spider: 63.5%, HumanEval-Average: 61.5%. Qwen3 32B scores Arena Hard: 93.8%, AIME 2024: 81.4%, LiveBench: 74.9%, MultiLF: 73.0%, AIME 2025: 72.9%.

What are the context window sizes for Codestral-22B and Qwen3 32B?

Codestral-22B supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3 32B supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Codestral-22B and Qwen3 32B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (0.2 vs 18.7), licensing (MNPL-0.1 vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Codestral-22B and Qwen3 32B?

Codestral-22B is developed by Mistral AI and Qwen3 32B is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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