Model Comparison
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct vs Qwen3 235B A22BWhich is better in 2026?
Qwen3 235B A22B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Verdict: Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct vs Qwen3 235B A22B — which is better?
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct (by Mistral AI) and Qwen3 235B A22B (by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team) are two of the AI models people compare most. Here is how they stack up on benchmarks, price and capabilities, and which one to pick in 2026.
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct outperforms in 1 benchmarks (MMLU-Pro), while Qwen3 235B A22B is better at 4 benchmarks (Arena Hard, GPQA, MATH, MMLU). Qwen3 235B A22B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Choose Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct if…
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Jun 2025
Choose Qwen3 235B A22B if…
- you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 4 of 5 shared benchmarks
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct outperforms in 1 benchmarks (MMLU-Pro), while Qwen3 235B A22B is better at 4 benchmarks (Arena Hard, GPQA, MATH, MMLU).
Qwen3 235B A22B significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Qwen3 235B A22B has 211.4B more parameters than Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct, making it 895.8% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Qwen3 235B A22B specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Qwen3 235B A22B specifies output context (128,000 tokens).
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen3 235B A22B does not.
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
Qwen3 235B A22B
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 3.2 24B Instruct was released on 2025-06-20, while Qwen3 235B A22B was released on 2025-04-29.
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct is 2 months newer than Qwen3 235B A22B.
Jun 20, 2025
1.1 years ago
1mo newerApr 29, 2025
1.2 years ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-10-01, while Qwen3 235B A22B'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 Qwen3 235B A22B's cutoff date.
Oct 2023
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Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
Qwen3 235B A22B
View detailsAlibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Detailed Comparison
Interactive Arena
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct and Qwen3 235B A22B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
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FAQ
Common questions about Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct vs Qwen3 235B A22B.