Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Qwen3 32B offers 119.8K more tokens in context window than Pixtral-12B. Both models have similar pricing. Pixtral-12B supports multimodal inputs. Qwen3 32B is available on 3 providers. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
Mistral AI
Pixtral 12B was introduced as Mistral's multimodal vision-language model, designed to understand and reason about both images and text. Built with 12 billion parameters for integrated visual and textual processing, it extends Mistral's capabilities into multimodal applications.
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen3 32B was developed as a dense 32-billion-parameter model in the Qwen3 family, designed to provide strong language understanding without mixture-of-experts complexity. Built for applications requiring straightforward deployment and reliable performance, it serves as a capable mid-to-large-scale foundation model.
7 months newer

Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI
2024-09-17

Qwen3 32B
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2025-04-29
Cost per million tokens (USD)

Pixtral-12B

Qwen3 32B
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics

Pixtral-12B
Mistral AI

Qwen3 32B

Pixtral-12B

Qwen3 32B

Pixtral-12B

Qwen3 32B
DeepInfra
Novita
Sambanova