Mistral Small 3.2 24B vs Step 3.5 Flash
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 Step 3.5 Flash.
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...
Step 3.5 Flash
Step 3.5 Flash is StepFun's most capable open-source foundation model. Built on a sparse Mixture of Experts (MoE) architecture, it selectively activates only 11B of its 196B parameters per token....
Technical Specifications
| Specification | Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Step 3.5 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral | StepFun |
| Context Window | 128,000 tokens | 262,144 tokens |
| Agent Suitability | N/A | N/A |
| Time to First Token (TTFT) | N/A | N/A |
| Deployment Model | self hostable | managed api |
| Production Stability | stable | stable |
| API Available | Yes | Yes |
| Released Date | 2025-06-20 | 2026-01-29 |
API Pricing Comparison
Input Price per Million Tokens
Mistral Small 3.2 24B
$0.07
Step 3.5 Flash
$0.10
Output Price per Million Tokens
Mistral Small 3.2 24B
$0.20
Step 3.5 Flash
$0.30
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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.
Step 3.5 Flash Quirks & Gotchas
No developer gotchas reported.