Model Comparison

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

6 benchmarks

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct outperforms in 1 benchmarks (HumanEval), while Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is better at 5 benchmarks (GPQA, MATH, MBPP, MMLU, MMLU-Pro).

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

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Lowest available price from all providers
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Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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

8.5B diff

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 8.5B more parameters than Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct, making it 35.4% larger.

Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
24.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
32.5Bparameters
24.0B
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
32.5B
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2.5 32B Instruct does not.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

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 Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen2.5 32B 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 Qwen2.5 32B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is 6 months newer than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Mar 17, 2025

1.1 years ago

5mo 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

Supports multimodal inputs
Higher HumanEval score (88.4% vs 88.4%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

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Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Higher GPQA score (49.5% vs 46.0%)
Higher MATH score (83.1% vs 69.3%)
Higher MBPP score (84.0% vs 74.7%)
Higher MMLU score (83.3% vs 80.6%)
Higher MMLU-Pro score (69.0% vs 66.8%)

Detailed Comparison

FAQ

Common questions about Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct

Qwen2.5 32B Instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct 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 Small 3.1 24B Instruct scores HumanEval: 88.4%, MMLU: 80.6%, TriviaQA: 80.5%, MBPP: 74.7%, MATH: 69.3%. Qwen2.5 32B Instruct scores GSM8k: 95.9%, HumanEval: 88.4%, HellaSwag: 85.2%, BBH: 84.5%, MBPP: 84.0%.
Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.