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 Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next
Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen3-Coder-Next is an open-weight causal language model optimized for coding agents and local development workflows. It uses a sparse MoE design with 80B total parameters and only 3B activated per...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 256K | 262K | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.09 | $0.12 | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.25 | $0.80 | 🏆 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 | — | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | — | — | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B better than Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next?
Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B wins on 3 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 Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next?
Input: $0.09 vs $0.12 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.25 vs $0.80 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B and Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next support?
Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B supports up to 256K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B and Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next support tool calling?
Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B: yes. Qwen: Qwen3 Coder Next: yes.