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Mistral Small 3.2 24B vs Qwen3.6 Flash

Mistral Small 3.2 24B costs 3.8x less per output token than Qwen3.6 Flash ($0.30 vs $1.125 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.

Replace Mistral Small 3.2 24B Replace Qwen3.6 Flash
Mistral Small 3.2 24BMistral AI
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$0.30
Qwen3.6 FlashQwen
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$1.125
vs $0.30 vs $1.125 per 1M output tokens. Mistral Small 3.2 24B is 3.8x cheaper.

Mistral Small 3.2 24B or Qwen3.6 Flash: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Mistral Small 3.2 24B for output tokens 3.8x cheaper ($0.30 vs $1.125 per million).

Model AMistral Small 3.2 24BMistral AINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BQwen3.6 FlashQwenNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task

No benchmark has tested both yet. Mistral Small 3.2 24B has results on Design Arena: websites, Design Arena: UI components and Design Arena: game dev; Qwen3.6 Flash on ALE-Bench, Epoch Capabilities Index and GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run). Compare them on price and context instead.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
Mistral Small 3.2 24B not benchmarked, Qwen3.6 Flash not benchmarked.
Widest category
None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
Widest single gap
None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
Output price
Mistral Small 3.2 24B $0.30 against Qwen3.6 Flash $1.125 per million output tokens, 3.8x apart.
Context window
Mistral Small 3.2 24B takes 256K tokens, Qwen3.6 Flash 1M.

Benchmark by benchmark

Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.

CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index1 board measured
Coding benchmarks for Mistral Small 3.2 24B and Qwen3.6 Flash
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2 24BQwen3.6 FlashLeader
ALE-BenchNot measured326.4Only Qwen3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 38 boards here
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
Intelligence benchmarks for Mistral Small 3.2 24B and Qwen3.6 Flash
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2 24BQwen3.6 FlashLeader
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured142.9Only Qwen3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards measured
Reasoning benchmarks for Mistral Small 3.2 24B and Qwen3.6 Flash
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2 24BQwen3.6 FlashLeader
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured83.3%Only Qwen3.6 Flash measured
SimpleBenchNot measured35.2%Only Qwen3.6 Flash measured
Chess puzzlesNot measured12.0%Only Qwen3.6 Flash measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured18.0%Only Qwen3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
Math benchmarks for Mistral Small 3.2 24B and Qwen3.6 Flash
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2 24BQwen3.6 FlashLeader
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured84.4%Only Qwen3.6 Flash measured
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3Not measured22.5%Only Qwen3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
Knowledge benchmarks for Mistral Small 3.2 24B and Qwen3.6 Flash
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2 24BQwen3.6 FlashLeader
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured15.9%Only Qwen3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index5 boards measured
Web design benchmarks for Mistral Small 3.2 24B and Qwen3.6 Flash
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2 24BQwen3.6 FlashLeader
Design Arena: websites896Not measuredOnly Mistral Small 3.2 24B measured
Design Arena: UI components907Not measuredOnly Mistral Small 3.2 24B measured
Design Arena: game dev889Not measuredOnly Mistral Small 3.2 24B measured
Design Arena: data viz929Not measuredOnly Mistral Small 3.2 24B measured
Design Arena: all code categories907Not measuredOnly Mistral Small 3.2 24B measured
Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
General benchmarks for Mistral Small 3.2 24B and Qwen3.6 Flash
BenchmarkMistral Small 3.2 24BQwen3.6 FlashLeader
DTBenchNot measured77.1%Only Qwen3.6 Flash measured
LMCANot measured31.0%Only Qwen3.6 Flash measured
Neither model has a result on the other 44 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

Mistral Small 3.2 24B$0.0003Fits in one request
Qwen3.6 Flash$0.0008Fits in one request

Mistral Small 3.2 24B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Mistral Small 3.2 24B$0.0059Fits in one request
Qwen3.6 Flash$0.013Fits in one request

Mistral Small 3.2 24B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Mistral Small 3.2 24B$0.023Fits in one request
Qwen3.6 Flash$0.049Fits in one request

Mistral Small 3.2 24B costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of Mistral Small 3.2 24B and Qwen3.6 Flash
SpecificationMistral Small 3.2 24BQwen3.6 Flash
MakerMistral AIQwen
WeightsOpen weightsNo public weights listed
ReleasedJune 20, 2025April 27, 2026
Context window256K1M
Input $/Mtok$0.10$0.1875
Output $/Mtok$0.30$1.125
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Mistral Small 3.2 24B better than Qwen3.6 Flash for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Mistral Small 3.2 24B for output tokens 3.8x cheaper ($0.30 vs $1.125 per million).

Which is cheaper, Mistral Small 3.2 24B or Qwen3.6 Flash?

Mistral Small 3.2 24B costs $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Flash costs $0.1875 and $1.125. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, Mistral Small 3.2 24B or Qwen3.6 Flash?

Qwen3.6 Flash, with 1M tokens against 256K.

Has any benchmark tested both Mistral Small 3.2 24B and Qwen3.6 Flash?

No benchmark has tested both yet. Mistral Small 3.2 24B has results on Design Arena: websites, Design Arena: UI components and Design Arena: game dev; Qwen3.6 Flash on ALE-Bench, Epoch Capabilities Index and GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run). Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 22, 2026.

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