Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct vs Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct are closely matched at 8.4 and 13.8 on the LLM Stats Score. Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct is 1.7x cheaper per token.

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

Which is better?

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 8.4 and 13.8.

In the 3 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct wins 2; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

On price, Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct is roughly 1.7x cheaper per token on a blended 3:1 input/output basis, which adds up quickly at production volume.

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct also accepts a larger context window (131,072 input tokens), making it the stronger choice for long documents and large codebases.

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

Choose Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

cost matters — it's about 1.7x cheaper per token

Choose Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 3 exact shared results
you process long inputs — it offers a 131,072 token context window
you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2025

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Better token value: Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Mistral AI

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Core performance indexes

LLM Stats Score

8.4

#294 · 12 evals

13.8

#256 · 46 evals

Best

Reasoning

7.9

#295 · 10 evals

11.2

#273 · 25 evals

Best

Cost, coverage & limits

Benchmark wins

1 of 3

2 of 3

Best

Input price

$0.07 / M

Best

$0.08 / M

Output price

$0.20 / M

Best

$0.50 / M

Context window

128,000

131,072

Best

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

5 shared

Index

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

Math

11.1#251 · 4 evals

11.9#241 · 11 evals

Vision

10.1#132 · 5 evals

9.8#133 · 30 evals

Multimodal

13.1#112 · 5 evals

11.2#122 · 24 evals

Finance

9.3#154 · 2 evals

15.0#127 · 6 evals

Legal

9.3#137 · 2 evals

14.5#111 · 5 evals

Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

15 reported for Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct · 46 for Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

3 shared

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct outperforms in 1 benchmarks (AI2D), while Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is better at 2 benchmarks (MMLU, MMLU-Pro).

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.

Fri Oct 09 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct costs less

For input processing, Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct ($0.07/1M tokens) is 1.1x cheaper than Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct ($0.08/1M tokens).

For output processing, Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct ($0.20/1M tokens) is 2.5x cheaper than Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct ($0.50/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is more expensive than Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

Fri Oct 09 2026 • llm-stats.com

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Input tokens$0.07

Output tokens$0.20

Best providerDeepinfra

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

Input tokens$0.08

Output tokens$0.50

Best providerNovita

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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

14.6B diff

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct has 14.6B more parameters than Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct, making it 162.2% larger.

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

23.6Bparameters

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

9.0Bparameters

23.6B

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

9.0B

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct accepts 131,072 input tokens compared to Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct's 128,000 tokens. Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is limited to 32,768 tokens.

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Input128,000 tokens

Output128,000 tokens

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

Input131,072 tokens

Output32,768 tokens

Fri Oct 09 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct support multimodal inputs.

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

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Text

Images

Audio

Video

Qwen3 VL 8B 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 3.2 24B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

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 VL 8B Instruct was released on 2025-09-22.

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is 3 months newer than Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct.

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Jun 20, 2025

1.3 years ago

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

Sep 22, 2025

1.0 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 Qwen3 VL 8B 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 Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct's cutoff date.

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Oct 2023

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

—

Provider Availability

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct is available from DeepInfra. Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is available from Novita, DeepInfra.

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Deepinfra

Input Price:Input: $0.07/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.20/1M

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

Novita

Input Price:Input: $0.08/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.50/1M

Deepinfra

Input Price:Input: $0.18/1MOutput Price:Output: $0.69/1M

* Prices shown are per million tokens

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

✓ Preferred

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

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FAQ

Common questions about Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct vs Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct.

Which is better, Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct or Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 8.4 and 13.8. Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct is made by Mistral AI and Qwen3 VL 8B 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 3.2 24B Instruct compare to Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct in benchmarks?

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct scores DocVQA: 94.9%, AI2D: 92.9%, HumanEval Plus: 92.9%, ChartQA: 87.4%, IF: 84.8%. Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct scores DocVQAtest: 96.1%, ScreenSpot: 94.4%, OCRBench: 89.6%, AI2D: 85.7%, MMBench-V1.1: 85.0%.

Is Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct cheaper than Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct is 1.1x cheaper for input tokens. Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct costs $0.07/M input and $0.20/M output via deepinfra. Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct costs $0.08/M input and $0.50/M output via novita.

What are the context window sizes for Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct supports 128K tokens and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct supports 131K 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 3.2 24B Instruct and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (8.4 vs 13.8), context window (128K vs 131K), input pricing ($0.07 vs $0.08/M). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct is developed by Mistral AI and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct is developed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team.

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct vs Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

Which is better?

Choose Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Choose Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

At a glance

Capability indexes

Individual benchmarks

Human preference

Pricing Analysis

Model Size

Context Window

Input capabilities

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

License

Release Timeline

Knowledge Cutoff

Provider Availability

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

Outputs Comparison

Judge for yourself.

FAQ

Which is better, Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct or Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

How does Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct compare to Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct in benchmarks?

Is Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct cheaper than Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

What are the context window sizes for Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

What are the main differences between Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

Who makes Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

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Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct vs Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

Which is better?

Choose Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Choose Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

At a glance

Capability indexes

Individual benchmarks

Human preference

Pricing Analysis

Model Size

Context Window

Input capabilities

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

License

Release Timeline

Knowledge Cutoff

Provider Availability

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct

Outputs Comparison

Judge for yourself.

Which is better, Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct or Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

How does Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct compare to Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct in benchmarks?

Is Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct cheaper than Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

What are the context window sizes for Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

What are the main differences between Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

Who makes Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct and Qwen3 VL 8B Instruct?

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