Model Comparison

Mistral Small 3 24B Base vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Mistral Small 3 24B Base outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is better at 2 benchmarks (GPQA, MMLU-Pro).

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct 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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Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Input tokens$0.00

Output tokens$0.00

Best providerUnknown Organization

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Input tokens$0.15

Output tokens$1.50

Best providerNovita

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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

56.4B diff

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct has 56.4B more parameters than Mistral Small 3 24B Base, making it 239.0% larger.

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

23.6Bparameters

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

80.0Bparameters

23.6B

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

80.0B

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct specifies input context (65,536 tokens). Only Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct specifies output context (65,536 tokens).

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Input- tokens

Output- tokens

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Input65,536 tokens

Output65,536 tokens

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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Mistral Small 3 24B Base supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-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

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-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 Small 3 24B Base

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Mistral Small 3 24B Base was released on 2025-01-30, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct was released on 2025-09-10.

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is 7 months newer than Mistral Small 3 24B Base.

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Jan 30, 2025

1.2 years ago

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Sep 10, 2025

7 months ago

7mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Mistral Small 3 24B Base has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-10-01, while Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-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 Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct's cutoff date.

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Oct 2023

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

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Mistral AI

Supports multimodal inputs

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Larger context window (65,536 tokens)

Higher GPQA score (72.9% vs 34.4%)

Higher MMLU-Pro score (80.6% vs 54.4%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature	Mistral Small 3 24B Base	Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

FAQ

Common questions about Mistral Small 3 24B Base vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Mistral Small 3 24B Base is made by Mistral AI and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-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 Small 3 24B Base scores ARC-C: 91.3%, GSM8k: 80.7%, MMLU: 80.7%, TriviaQA: 80.3%, MBPP: 69.6%. Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct scores MMLU-Redux: 90.9%, MultiPL-E: 87.8%, IFEval: 87.6%, WritingBench: 87.3%, Creative Writing v3: 85.3%.

Mistral Small 3 24B Base supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct supports 66K 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 Small 3 24B Base is developed by Mistral AI and Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

Mistral Small 3 24B Base vs Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Performance Benchmarks

Arena Performance

Pricing Analysis

Model Size

Context Window

Input Capabilities

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

License

Release Timeline

Knowledge Cutoff

Outputs Comparison

Key Takeaways

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct

Detailed Comparison

FAQ

Which is better, Mistral Small 3 24B Base or Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct?

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