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Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct leads the LLM Stats Score 21.1 to 4.2.

Mistral AI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct leads the overall LLM Stats Score 21.1 to 4.2, ranking #195 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Mar 2025

Choose Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

  • overall performance matters — it scores 21.1 and ranks #195 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
4.2
#308
21.1
#195
Reasoning
4.2
#302
21.1
#188
Coding
9.7
#176
12.3
#155
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$0.30 / M
Output price
— / M
$1.00 / M
Context window
—
262,144

Individual benchmarks

9 reported for Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct · 10 for Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

456.0B diff

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct 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 480B A35B Instruct
480.0Bparameters
24.0B
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
480.0B
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct specifies input context (262,144 tokens). Only Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct specifies output context (262,144 tokens).

Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Input262,144 tokens
Output262,144 tokens
Tue Sep 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B 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

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B 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

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B 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 Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct was released on 2025-01-31.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is 2 months newer than Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct

Mar 17, 2025

1.5 years ago

1mo newer
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Jan 31, 2025

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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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct
✓ Preferred
Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct vs Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct.

Which is better, Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct or Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct?

Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct leads the LLM Stats Score 21.1 to 4.2. Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is made by Mistral AI and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct is made by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team. 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 Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B 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%. Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct scores TAU-bench Retail: 77.5%, SWE-Bench Verified: 69.6%, BFCL-v3: 68.7%, Aider-Polyglot: 61.8%, TAU-bench Airline: 60.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct?

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct supports 262K 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 Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (4.2 vs 21.1), multimodal support (yes vs no). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct?

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI and Qwen3-Coder 480B A35B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

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