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Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506 grades higher overall (50.0 against 48.0). Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506 costs 78% less for the same work.

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506

by Mistral AI · #49 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
125K
Input / 1M
$0.075
Output / 1M
$0.20

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo

by Qwen · #50 of 67 overall

Coming soon · price at launch
Context
256K
Input / 1M
$0.30
Output / 1M
$1.00

Better overall

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506

Grade 50.0 vs 48.0

Cheaper

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506

78% less, $0.11 vs $0.47 blended

Larger context

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo

125K vs 256K tokens

Head to head

Public benchmarks. Longer is better; each value links to its source.

LMArena TextElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506: 1,356
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct TurboQwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo: 1,388
LMArena WebDevElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 13, 2026
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506: —
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct TurboQwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo: 1,275
LMArena CodingElo-style rating · LMArena (CC BY 4.0) · Oct 15, 2026
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506: 1,411
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct TurboQwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo: 1,457
SWE-bench Verified% of issues resolved · SWE-bench · Jul 22, 2025 · reference
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506: —
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct TurboQwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo: 69.6%v

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbov = reported by the model’s maker. — = no public score yet. Arena bars span the range across every model we grade.

What it costs you

Drag to match your monthly usage.

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506$23.00 /month
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo$100 /month

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506 saves you $77.00 a month at this usage, $924 a year.

At a glance

AttributeMistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo
Made byMistral AIQwen
AvailabilityComing soonComing soon
Overall gradeGood · 50.0Good · 48.0
Overall rank#49 of 67#50 of 67
Input price$0.075 per 1M$0.30 per 1M
Output price$0.20 per 1M$1.00 per 1M
Context window128,000 tokens262,144 tokens
Reasoning levelsNoNo
Reads imagesYesNo
Model IDmistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct-2506qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo

Try both with one key

Same endpoint, same key, both hosted in the USA. Change one word to switch models, in Claude Code, Cursor, Cline or your own code.

Get your API key
# Ask either model the same thing
curl https://fullsendai.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FULLSEND_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"model": "mistral-small-3.2-24b-instruct-2506", "messages": [...]}'

# …then swap one word
  -d '{"model": "qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct-turbo", "messages": [...]}'

Questions

Is Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo better?

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506 grades 50.0 against 48.0 for Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo, from public benchmarks.

Which is cheaper, Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo?

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct 2506: $0.075 in and $0.20 out per million tokens, against $0.30 and $1.00 through FullsendAI.

Which has the larger context window?

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct Turbo, with 262,144 tokens.

Can I use both with one API key?

Yes, once they launch: both are coming soon, at the prices shown, and both will use the same FullsendAI key.

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Scores: LMArena (CC BY 4.0), SWE-bench, and model makers’ published results where marked v. Prices are FullsendAI’s, per million tokens. Data as of Oct 28, 2026.