Mistral Small 3.2 24B vs Mixtral 8x22B Instruct
How do these models stack up? Below is an expert side-by-side comparison of specifications, context window capacity, live pricing per million tokens, and standardized benchmark scores for Mistral Small 3.2 24B and Mixtral 8x22B Instruct.
Mistral Small 3.2 24B
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 accuracy on...
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct
Mistral's official instruct fine-tuned version of [Mixtral 8x22B](/models/mistralai/mixtral-8x22b). It uses 39B active parameters out of 141B, offering unparalleled cost efficiency for its size. Its strengths include: - strong math, coding,...
Technical Specifications
| Specification | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Mixtral 8x22B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral | Mistral |
| Context Window | 128,000 tokens | 65,536 tokens |
| Agent Suitability | N/A | N/A |
| Time to First Token (TTFT) | N/A | N/A |
| Deployment Model | self hostable | self hostable |
| Production Stability | stable | stable |
| API Available | Yes | Yes |
| Released Date | 2025-06-20 | 2024-04-17 |
API Pricing Comparison
Input Price per Million Tokens
Mistral Small 3.2 24B
$0.07
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct
$2.00
Output Price per Million Tokens
Mistral Small 3.2 24B
$0.20
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct
$6.00
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Benchmark Performance Metrics
Scores show the raw performance percentages verified across key evaluation suites. Higher bars indicate superior accuracy and capability in that domain.
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Quirks & Gotchas
No developer gotchas reported.
Mixtral 8x22B Instruct Quirks & Gotchas
No developer gotchas reported.