Model comparison
Magistral Small vs Qwen2.5 32B Instruct
Magistral Small and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.2 vs 30.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Small scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct in 2 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads 19.2 to 6.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 30% for Magistral Small and 7.4% for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.
- Magistral Small is cheaper at $0.50 / $1.50 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen2.5 32B Instruct.
- Qwen2.5 32B Instruct accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Magistral Small | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.2 | 30.1 |
| Released | 2025-06-10 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 131K |
| Max output | 40K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.50 | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 7 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Magistral Small: 38.4 (#176), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 38.7 (#169)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 35.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 45% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 52.3% |
Reasoning Qwen2.5 32B Instruct leads
Magistral Small: 6.8 (#350), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 19.2 (#266)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 3% | 0% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 133.19 | 128.52 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 6.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 5% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
Math Magistral Small leads
Magistral Small: 26.2 (#261), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 16.2 (#296)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30% | 7.4% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 56.1% |
Knowledge Magistral Small leads
Magistral Small: 30.9 (#223), Qwen2.5 32B Instruct: 24.9 (#266)
| Benchmark | Magistral Small | Qwen2.5 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 56.1% | 46.1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Small better than Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?
Magistral Small and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct score almost the same on the Noometry Index (30.2 vs 30.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Magistral Small or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct?
Magistral Small is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; Qwen2.5 32B Instruct lists at $0.70 and $2.80.
Is Magistral Small or Qwen2.5 32B Instruct better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (38.4 vs 38.7); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen2.5 32B Instruct does, with 131K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Small and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Small has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 32B Instruct has 7.