Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3 235B A22B leads with 14.2% higher average benchmark score. Mistral Small 3 24B Base supports multimodal inputs. Qwen3 235B A22B is available on 4 providers. Overall, Qwen3 235B A22B is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Mistral AI
Mistral Small 24B Base was developed as a 24-billion-parameter foundation model, designed to serve as a base for fine-tuning and customization. Built to provide a strong starting point for domain-specific applications, it represents an intermediate-scale option in Mistral's model lineup.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 235B was developed as a large-scale model with 235 billion total parameters using a mixture-of-experts architecture activating 22 billion parameters. Built to provide frontier capabilities with computational efficiency through sparse activation, it represents Qwen's advancement into very large-scale model development.
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Mistral Small 3 24B Base
Mistral AI
2025-01-30

Qwen3 235B A22B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-04-29
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 6 common benchmarks

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Qwen3 235B A22B
Mistral Small 3 24B Base
2023-10-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Qwen3 235B A22B
DeepInfra

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Qwen3 235B A22B

Mistral Small 3 24B Base

Qwen3 235B A22B
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