Mistral Small 3 24B Base vs Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Mistral Small 3 24B Base and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct are closely matched at -0.3 and -3.2 on the LLM Stats Score.
Mistral AI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Mistral Small 3 24B Base and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at -0.3 and -3.2.
The models split the 6 individual benchmarks reported for both models evenly.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Mistral Small 3 24B Base
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jan 2025
Choose Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
- you are already invested in the Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team ecosystem
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
9 reported for Mistral Small 3 24B Base · 19 for Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
Mistral Small 3 24B Base outperforms in 3 benchmarks (ARC-C, MMLU, MMLU-Pro), while Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct is better at 3 benchmarks (GSM8k, MATH, MBPP).
Both models are evenly matched across the benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Mistral Small 3 24B Base has 16.6B more parameters than Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct, making it 237.1% larger.
Input capabilities
Documented input modalities across available providers
Mistral Small 3 24B Base supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct does not.
Mistral Small 3 24B Base can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Mistral Small 3 24B Base
Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct
License
Usage and distribution terms
Both models are licensed under Apache 2.0.
Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Mistral Small 3 24B Base was released on 2025-01-30, while Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.
Mistral Small 3 24B Base is 4 months newer than Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct.
Jan 30, 2025
1.7 years ago
4mo newerSep 19, 2024
2.1 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Mistral Small 3 24B Base has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-10-01, while Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct'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 Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct's cutoff date.
Oct 2023
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Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Mistral Small 3 24B Base and Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Mistral Small 3 24B Base vs Qwen2.5-Coder 7B Instruct.