Mistral Small 3 vs Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct (Comparative Analysis)
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Comparative Analysis: Mistral Small 3 vs. Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct
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Overview
Mistral Small 3 was released 6 months before Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct.
Model Provider The organization behind this AI's development | ||
Input Context Window Maximum input tokens this model can process at once | 32.8K tokens | 262.1K tokens |
Output Token Limit Maximum output tokens this model can generate at once | 16.4K tokens | 32.8K tokens |
Release Date When this model first became publicly available | January 30, 2025 1 year ago January 30th, 2025 | July 31, 2025 12 months ago July 31st, 2025 |
Knowledge Cutoff Latest training-data date reported by the provider | October 31, 2023 | June 30, 2025 |
Capabilities & Features
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Mistral Small 3 | Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
Input Types Supported input formats | 📝Text | 📝Text |
Output Types Supported output formats | 📝Text | 📝Text |
Tokenizer Text encoding system | Mistral | Qwen3 |
Key Features Advanced capabilities | Function Calling✓Structured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation | ✓Function Calling✓Structured OutputReasoning ModeContent Moderation |
Open Source Model availability | Available on HuggingFace → | Available on HuggingFace → |
Pricing
Mistral Small 3 is roughly 0.7x less expensive compared to Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct for input tokens and roughly 0.3x less expensive for output tokens.
Input Token Cost Cost per million input tokens | $0.05 per million tokens | $0.07 per million tokens |
Output Token Cost Cost per million output tokens | $0.08 per million tokens | $0.27 per million tokens |
Benchmarks
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Best Design Arena Score Highest human-preference Elo score across design arenas | Benchmark not available. | 1,114 Elo (#82 in Data Viz (54.7% win rate)) |
At a Glance
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