Mistral Large 2 vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Mistral Large 2 and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct are closely matched at 7.4 and 7.7 on the LLM Stats Score.
Mistral AI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Mistral Large 2 and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 7.4 and 7.7.
In the 3 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Mistral Large 2 wins 2; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Mistral Large 2
- you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 3 exact shared results
Choose Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2024
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
5 reported for Mistral Large 2 · 18 for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Mistral Large 2 outperforms in 2 benchmarks (HumanEval, MMLU), while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (GSM8k).
Mistral Large 2 shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Mistral Large 2 has 90.5B more parameters than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct, making it 278.5% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Mistral Large 2 specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Mistral Large 2 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).
License
Usage and distribution terms
Mistral Large 2 is licensed under Mistral Research License, 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.
Mistral Research License
Open weights
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Mistral Large 2 was released on 2024-07-24, while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is 2 months newer than Mistral Large 2.
Jul 24, 2024
2.2 years ago
Sep 19, 2024
2.0 years ago
1mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.
Unable to compare the recency of their training data.
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Mistral Large 2 and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Mistral Large 2 vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.