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Mistral AI
Mistral AI
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Qwen
Qwen

Mistral Small 3 vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Mistral Small 3 wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
Price Advantage
Mistral Small 3
Benchmark Advantage
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Context Window
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Speed
N/A

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricMistral Small 3Qwen2.5 7B InstructWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.05$0.04 Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.08$0.10 Mistral Small 3
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct is 4% cheaper overall.

Mistral Small 3 Providers

DeepInfra $0.05 (Cheapest)
Chutes $0.07
Together $0.10

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Providers

Phala $0.04 (Cheapest)
AtlasCloud $0.04 (Cheapest)
Together $0.30

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Mistral Small 3 Wins
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Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkMistral Small 3Qwen2.5 7B InstructWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
-35.2-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
-36.5-
GPQA
Graduate-level science
-5.5-
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
-34.9-
Both models show comparable benchmark performance.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Mistral Small 3
32,768
tokens
Max output: 16,384 tokens
Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
32,768
tokens

Speed Performance

Speed benchmarks not available for these models

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureMistral Small 3Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyMistral Small 3Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorMistral AIQwen
ReleasedJan 2025Oct 2024

Mistral Small 3 Modalities

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Qwen2.5 7B Instruct Modalities

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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.04/M tokens. Mistral Small 3 has cheaper output pricing at $0.08/M tokens.
Mistral Small 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of N/A, compared to Qwen2.5 7B Instruct's score of N/A.
Mistral Small 3 has a 32,768 token context window, while Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has a 32,768 token context window.
Mistral Small 3 does not support vision. Qwen2.5 7B Instruct does not support vision.