DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B vs Mistral Small 3 24B Base Comparison

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

1 benchmarks

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Mistral Small 3 24B Base is better at 0 benchmarks.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
Input tokens$0.12
Output tokens$0.18
Best providerDeepinfra
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Base
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

9.2B diff

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B has 9.2B more parameters than Mistral Small 3 24B Base, making it 39.0% larger.

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
32.8Bparameters
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Base
23.6Bparameters
32.8B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
23.6B
Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

DeepSeek
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3 24B Base
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Mistral Small 3 24B Base supports multimodal inputs, whereas DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B does not.

Mistral Small 3 24B Base can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B is licensed under MIT, while Mistral Small 3 24B Base uses Apache 2.0.

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

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

MIT

Open weights

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B was released on 2025-01-20, while Mistral Small 3 24B Base was released on 2025-01-30.

Mistral Small 3 24B Base is 0 month newer than DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

Jan 20, 2025

1.1 years ago

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Jan 30, 2025

1.1 years ago

1w newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Mistral Small 3 24B Base has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-10-01, while DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Mistral Small 3 24B Base's training data extends to 2023-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B's cutoff date.

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Oct 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Higher GPQA score (62.1% vs 34.4%)
Supports multimodal inputs

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