Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Mistral AI
Ministral 8B was developed as a compact yet capable model from Mistral AI, designed to provide strong instruction-following with just 8 billion parameters. Built for applications requiring efficient deployment while maintaining reliable performance, it represents Mistral's smallest production-ready offering.
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct represents a further evolution of the Small model series, developed with continued refinements to instruction-following and task performance. Built to incorporate ongoing improvements, it provides the latest capabilities in Mistral's intermediate-scale offering.
8 months newer

Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI
2024-10-16

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
Mistral AI
2025-06-20
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 3 common benchmarks

Ministral 8B Instruct

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct
2023-10-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Ministral 8B Instruct
Mistral AI

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Ministral 8B Instruct

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct

Ministral 8B Instruct

Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct