Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct vs Qwen3 14B
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct scores higher on the intelligence index — 7 against 6. Qwen3 14B is the smaller download at 9.0 GB, so it runs on cheaper hardware.
| Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct | Qwen3 14B | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 7 | 6 |
| Class | Below every hosted tier | Below every hosted tier |
| Weights | 14 GB | 9.0 GB |
| Quantisation | Q4_K_M | Q4_K_M |
| Parameters | 24B | 14.8B |
| Max context | 128k | 40k |
| API price per 1M | $0.075 in / $0.2 out | $0.1 in / $0.22 out |
| Licence | Apache 2.0 | Apache 2.0 |
| Cheapest machine that runs it | Strix Halo Framework Desktop, 32GB $1,269 | Mac mini M6, 24GB $1,099 |
| Summarising | good | good |
| Translation | good | good |
| Everyday coding | usable | usable |
| Reasoning & maths | usable | usable |
| Agentic work | usable | don’t |
Ratings are coarse on purpose. Speeds and pay-back depend on the machine — open either model's page for the full list, or see both against the frontier. Context is 32k throughout.