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Mistral Large 2 vs Qwen2.5-Coder-32B

A complete head-to-head: pricing, context window, benchmarks, modality coverage, and openness, with a programmatic verdict synthesized from the underlying data.

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Mistral Large 2 specs · Qwen2.5-Coder-32B specs
Verdict by category
  • PriceMistral Large 2

    Mistral Large 2 publishes pricing ($6.00 / 1M output tokens) while Qwen2.5-Coder-32B does not.

  • Context windowTie

    Both ship a 128K-token context window.

  • BenchmarksQwen2.5-Coder-32B

    Qwen2.5-Coder-32B leads in 1 of 1 shared benchmarks; the biggest gap is on HumanEval (Python coding), where it scores 92.7 vs 92.0.

  • ModalitiesTie

    Both handle text.

  • OpennessTie

    Both ship open weights, self-host either one.

It's a genuine coin-flip between Mistral Large 2 and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B: 1 category wins each, with the rest tied. Mistral Large 2 publishes pricing ($6.00 / 1M output tokens) while Qwen2.5-Coder-32B does not. Both ship a 128K-token context window.

Qwen2.5-Coder-32B leads in 1 of 1 shared benchmarks; the biggest gap is on HumanEval (Python coding), where it scores 92.7 vs 92.0. Both target the same set of modalities (text), so the deciding factors are price, context, and raw quality. Both ship open weights, self-host either one.

Qwen2.5-Coder-32B is the newer of the two, released 4 months after Mistral Large 2, which usually means a more recent knowledge cutoff and updated safety post-training. Mistral Large 2 is usually picked for coding llm and multilingual workloads, while Qwen2.5-Coder-32B sees more deployments in coding llm and code completion. If pricing matters more than every last benchmark point, run the numbers in the calculator below before committing.

Side-by-side specs

SpecMistral Large 2Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
ProviderMistralAlibaba
ReleasedJul 2024Nov 2024
Modalitiestexttext
Context window128K tokens128K tokens
Max output,,
Input · 1M$2.00 / 1M tokensPricing not published
Output · 1M$6.00 / 1M tokensPricing not published
Knowledge cutoff2024-04,
Open weightsYes (Mistral Research License)Yes (Apache-2.0)
API availableYesYes

Pricing at scale

What you'd actually pay at typical workloads. Numbers come from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day$15.00 vs ,
  • Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day$150 vs ,
  • RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day$336 vs ,

Light usage, 100k in / 50k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). Heavy usage, 1M in / 500k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates). RAG workload, 5M in / 200k out per day: pricing not directly comparable (one or both models are missing public per-token rates).

Price calculator

Estimated spend for the listed models at your usage. Numbers are derived from each model's published per-million-token rates.

  • Mistral Large 2$0.500
  • Qwen2.5-Coder-32BPricing unavailable

Benchmarks compared

Only sourced numbers. Where a benchmark is missing for one model we show the available value rather than fabricating the other.

Mistral Large 2Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
  • MMLU84.0
  • HumanEval92.092.7
Pick Mistral Large 2 if

Mistral Large 2 fits when…

  • Strong code and math
  • EU data residency
  • Multilingual
Pick Qwen2.5-Coder-32B if

Qwen2.5-Coder-32B fits when…

  • Top open-weight coder
  • Apache-2.0
  • FIM-native
Don't want either?

Consider Mistral Medium

Mistral's mid-tier balanced model, production-ready at competitive pricing.

See Mistral Medium specsMistral Large 2 vs Mistral MediumQwen2.5-Coder-32B vs Mistral Medium

Frequently asked

  • Is Mistral Large 2 or Qwen2.5-Coder-32B cheaper?
    Per-token pricing isn't published for at least one of these models, check each model's spec page for current rates.
  • Which has the larger context window?
    Both Mistral Large 2 and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B ship a 128K-token context window.
  • Is Mistral Large 2 or Qwen2.5-Coder-32B better for coding?
    Both Mistral Large 2 and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B are competitive on coding benchmarks. See each model's individual spec page for HumanEval and SWE-bench scores where published. For an opinionated pick, consult our Best LLM for Coding ranking.
  • Are either of these models open source?
    Both ship with open weights. Mistral Large 2 is licensed under Mistral Research License; Qwen2.5-Coder-32B under Apache-2.0.
  • When were Mistral Large 2 and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B released?
    Mistral Large 2 was released by Mistral on 2024-07-24. Qwen2.5-Coder-32B was released by Alibaba on 2024-11-12.
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