Model Comparison

Mistral Large 3 vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Both models are evenly matched across the benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Mistral Large 3 outperforms in 1 benchmarks (MATH), while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (MMLU-Redux).

Both models are evenly matched across the 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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Mistral AI
Mistral Large 3
Input tokens$2.00
Output tokens$5.00
Best providerMistral
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

642.5B diff

Mistral Large 3 has 642.5B more parameters than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct, making it 1976.9% larger.

Mistral AI
Mistral Large 3
675.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
32.5Bparameters
675.0B
Mistral Large 3
32.5B
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Mistral Large 3 specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Mistral Large 3 specifies output context (8,192 tokens).

Mistral AI
Mistral Large 3
Input128,000 tokens
Output8,192 tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Mistral Large 3 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2.5 32B Instruct does not.

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

Mistral Large 3

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under Apache 2.0.

Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.

Mistral Large 3

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Mistral Large 3 was released on 2025-09-01, while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

Mistral Large 3 is 12 months newer than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.

Mistral Large 3

Sep 1, 2025

7 months ago

11mo newer
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Sep 19, 2024

1.6 years ago

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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Key Takeaways

Larger context window (128,000 tokens)
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher MATH score (90.4% vs 83.1%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Higher MMLU-Redux score (83.9% vs 82.0%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Mistral AI
Mistral Large 3
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Mistral Large 3 vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Both models are evenly matched across the benchmarks. Mistral Large 3 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.
Mistral Large 3 scores MATH: 90.4%, MM-MT-Bench: 84.9%, MMLU-Redux: 82.0%, TriviaQA: 74.9%, MMMLU: 74.2%. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores GSM8k: 95.9%, HumanEval: 88.4%, HellaSwag: 85.2%, BBH: 84.5%, MBPP: 84.0%.
Mistral Large 3 supports 128K tokens and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Mistral Large 3 is developed by Mistral AI and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.