Model Comparison
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct vs Qwen3-Coder
Comparing Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct and Qwen3-Coder across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct and Qwen3-Coder don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
For input processing, Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct ($0.07/1M tokens) is 2.6x cheaper than Qwen3-Coder ($0.18/1M tokens).
For output processing, Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct ($0.14/1M tokens) is 1.3x cheaper than Qwen3-Coder ($0.18/1M tokens).
In conclusion, Qwen3-Coder is more expensive than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Qwen3-Coder has 456.0B more parameters than Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct, making it 1900.0% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Qwen3-Coder accepts 256,000 input tokens compared to Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct's 32,000 tokens. Qwen3-Coder can generate longer responses up to 256,000 tokens, while Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is limited to 32,000 tokens.
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 Instruct was released on 2025-01-30, while Qwen3-Coder was released on 2025-01-01.
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is 1 month newer than Qwen3-Coder.
Jan 30, 2025
1.2 years ago
4w newerJan 1, 2025
1.3 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-10-01, while Qwen3-Coder'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 Qwen3-Coder's cutoff date.
Oct 2023
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Provider Availability
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct is available from DeepInfra, Mistral AI. Qwen3-Coder is available from DeepInfra, Fireworks.
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
Qwen3-Coder
Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct
View detailsMistral AI
Qwen3-Coder
View detailsAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Detailed Comparison
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FAQ
Common questions about Mistral Small 3 24B Instruct vs Qwen3-Coder