Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506 is an updated 24B parameter model from Mistral optimized for instruction following, repetition reduction, and improved function calling. Compared to the 3.1 release, version 3.2 significantly improves acc…
Model details →Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B vs OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini
Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
GPT-4o mini is OpenAI's newest model after [GPT-4 Omni](/models/openai/gpt-4o), supporting both text and image inputs with text outputs. As their most advanced small model, it is many multiples more affordable than other recent frontier mo…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B | OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 128K | 128K | Tie |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.07 | $0.15 | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.20 | $0.60 | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B better than OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini?
Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B and OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini?
Input: $0.07 vs $0.15 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.20 vs $0.60 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B and OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini support?
Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B supports up to 128K tokens. OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini supports up to 128K tokens.
Do both Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B and OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini support tool calling?
Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B: yes. OpenAI: GPT-4o-mini: yes.