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Mistral Small vs Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

This page is context-first: how much text each model can take in one request. Full specs adds capabilities and limits; the pricing matrix below is only about $/million tokens from hosts that list both models.

Mistral

Model

Mistral Small

Tool calling

Context window

32K

32,000 tokens · ~24K words

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Alibaba

Model

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

Context window

34K

33,792 tokens · ~25K words

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Context window · side by side

Bar length is relative to the larger of the two windows (100% = max of this pair). This is not pricing.

Mistral Small32K
Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct34K

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct has about 1.1× the context window of the other in this pair.

Token calculator →Memory savings →

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct has 5% more context capacity (33K vs 32K tokens). Mistral Small is 44% cheaper on input.

Quick verdicts

Short takeaways — validate with your own workloads.

  • Long document processing

    Use Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct. Its 33K context fits entire documents without chunking (vs 32K).

  • RAG / high-volume retrieval

    Use Mistral Small. Input tokens are 44% cheaper — critical when sending large retrieved contexts.

  • Long output (reports, code files)

    Use Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct. Its 33K max output lets you generate complete artifacts in one request.

Full specs

Context, output, capabilities, and dates. Green highlights the favorable value where we compute a winner.

SpecMistral SmallQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct
Context window32,000 tokens (32K)33,792 tokens (33K)
Max output tokens8,191 tokens (8K)33,792 tokens (33K)
Speed tierBalancedBalanced
VisionNoNo
Function callingYesNo
Extended thinkingNoNo
Prompt cachingNoNo
Batch APINoNo
Release dateN/ANov 2024

Pricing matrix

Dollar rates only: hosts that list both models, per 1M tokens. For how much text fits, use the context section above — not this table.

ProviderMistral Small inMistral Small outQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct inQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct out
Azure$1.00/M$3.00/M——
Mistral$0.100/M$0.300/M——
Openrouter——$0.180/M$0.180/M

Frequently asked questions

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct has a larger context window: 33K tokens vs 32K. For long documents, large codebases, or extended agent sessions, the larger context window reduces the need to chunk inputs or summarize history.

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