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Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct vs Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct and Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct are closely matched at 4.2 and 8.4 on the LLM Stats Score.

Mistral AI · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct and Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 4.2 and 8.4.

In the 6 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct wins 5; 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 Small 3.1 24B Instruct

  • you are already invested in the Mistral AI ecosystem

Choose Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 5 of 6 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jun 2025

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
4.2
#302
8.4
#278
Reasoning
4.2
#296
7.9
#279
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
1 of 6
5 of 6
Input price
— / M
$0.07 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.20 / M
Context window
—
128,000

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
Math
7.9#261
11.1#245
Finance
7.3#160
9.3#152
Legal
7.3#142
9.3#133
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

9 reported for Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct · 15 for Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

6 shared

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct outperforms in 1 benchmarks (MMLU), while Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct is better at 5 benchmarks (GPQA, MATH, MMLU-Pro, MMMU, SimpleQA).

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Sun Sep 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

400.0M diff

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct has 0.4B more parameters than Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct, making it 1.7% larger.

Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
24.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
23.6Bparameters
24.0B
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
23.6B
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
Input128,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Sun Sep 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct and Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Mistral Small 3.2 24B 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 3.1 24B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct was released on 2025-03-17, while Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct was released on 2025-06-20.

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct is 3 months newer than Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Mar 17, 2025

1.5 years ago

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Jun 20, 2025

1.3 years ago

3mo newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-10-01, while Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-10-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct's cutoff date.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

—

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Oct 2023

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct and Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
✓ Preferred
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct vs Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct.

Which is better, Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct or Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct?

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct and Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 4.2 and 8.4. Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is made by Mistral AI and Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct compare to Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct in benchmarks?

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct scores HumanEval: 88.4%, MMLU: 80.6%, TriviaQA: 80.5%, MBPP: 74.7%, MATH: 69.3%. Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct scores DocVQA: 94.9%, AI2D: 92.9%, HumanEval Plus: 92.9%, ChartQA: 87.4%, IF: 84.8%.

What are the context window sizes for Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct and Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct?

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens and Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct supports 128K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct and Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (4.2 vs 8.4). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

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