DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B vs Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct Comparison
Comparing DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B and Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B outperforms in 1 benchmarks (GPQA), while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
For input processing, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B ($0.12/1M tokens) is 1.7x more expensive than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct ($0.07/1M tokens).
For output processing, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B ($0.18/1M tokens) is 1.3x more expensive than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct ($0.14/1M tokens).
In conclusion, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B is more expensive than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B has 8.8B more parameters than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct, making it 36.7% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B accepts 128,000 input tokens compared to Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct's 32,000 tokens. DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is limited to 32,000 tokens.
License
Usage and distribution terms
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B is licensed under MIT, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
MIT
Open weights
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 Instruct was released on 2025-01-30.
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is 0 month newer than DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B.
Jan 20, 2025
1.2 years ago
Jan 30, 2025
1.1 years ago
1w newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct 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 Instruct's training data extends to 2023-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B's cutoff date.
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Oct 2023
Provider Availability
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B is available from DeepInfra. Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is available from DeepInfra, Mistral AI. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
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Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
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Detailed Comparison
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