Model Comparison

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct vs Qwen3-Coder

Comparing Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct and Qwen3-Coder across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

Mistral Small 3.1 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

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
Wed Apr 15 2026 • llm-stats.com
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Coder
Input tokens$0.18
Output tokens$0.18
Best providerDeepinfra
Notice missing or incorrect data?Start an Issue

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

456.0B diff

Qwen3-Coder has 456.0B more parameters than Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct, making it 1900.0% larger.

Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
24.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Coder
480.0Bparameters
24.0B
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
480.0B
Qwen3-Coder

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3-Coder specifies input context (256,000 tokens). Only Qwen3-Coder specifies output context (256,000 tokens).

Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Coder
Input256,000 tokens
Output256,000 tokens
Wed Apr 15 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Coder 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

Qwen3-Coder

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

Qwen3-Coder

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 Qwen3-Coder was released on 2025-01-01.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is 3 months newer than Qwen3-Coder.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Mar 17, 2025

1.1 years ago

2mo newer
Qwen3-Coder

Jan 1, 2025

1.3 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

Notice missing or incorrect data?Start an Issue discussion

Key Takeaways

Supports multimodal inputs
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen3-Coder

View details

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Larger context window (256,000 tokens)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Coder

FAQ

Common questions about Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct vs Qwen3-Coder

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct (Mistral AI) and Qwen3-Coder (Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct scores HumanEval: 88.4%, MMLU: 80.6%, TriviaQA: 80.5%, MBPP: 74.7%, MATH: 69.3%.
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3-Coder supports 256K 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 3.1 24B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI and Qwen3-Coder is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.