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 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free)
Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) wins on 3 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct is an instruction-tuned chat model in the Qwen3-Next series optimized for fast, stable responses without “thinking” traces. It targets complex tasks across reasoning, code generation, knowledge QA, and multilingu…
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 256K | 262K | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.09 | $0.00 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.25 | $0.00 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) |
| 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 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free)?
Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) 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 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free)?
Input: $0.09 vs $0.00 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.25 vs $0.00 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B and Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) support?
Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B supports up to 256K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B and Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free) support tool calling?
Mistral: Mistral Small 3.2 24B: yes. Qwen: Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free): yes.