Mistral Small 3.2 (2506)
MistralOpenApache 2.0
Mistral Small 3.2 (2506) is a vision-language model from Mistral. It ranks 121 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1142±9 from 10,843 votes. Its best category is Homework (#103 of 118). License: Apache 2.0.
Key figures
- Developer
- Mistral
- License
- Apache 2.0
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
Who it suits
- Overall #121 of 167: lower half; consider it mainly for cost or deployment reasons.
- Strongest category: Homework (#103 of 118).
- Open weights (Apache 2.0): you can self-host it.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118 |  GLM-4.5V Z.ai | 1154 | 3,243 | MIT | +12 |
| 119 |  Qwen2.5-VL-32B-Instruct Alibaba | 1152 | 1,490 | Apache 2.0 | +10 |
| 120 |  Claude 3.7 Sonnet (20250219) Anthropic | 1151 | 4,517 | Proprietary | +9 |
| 121 | Mistral Small 3.2 (2506) Mistral | 1142 | 10,843 | Apache 2.0 | |
| 122 |  Llama 4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct Meta | 1142 | 6,923 | Llama 4 | +0 |
| 123 |  Gemini 1.5 Flash (002) Google | 1141 | 7,241 | Proprietary | -1 |
| 124 |  GPT-4o (2024-05-13) OpenAI | 1137 | 23,273 | Proprietary | -5 |
Alternatives · More from Mistral
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Mistral Large 4 Mistral | 1272 | 1,008 | Proprietary |
| 83 | Mistral Medium 3.5 Mistral | 1222 | 5,375 | Modified MIT |
| 84 | Mistral Large 3 Mistral | 1220 | 9,254 | Apache 2.0 |
| 109 | Mistral Medium 3.1 (2508) Mistral | 1172 | 41,611 | Proprietary |
| 117 | Mistral Medium 3 (2505) Mistral | 1157 | 10,793 | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 | Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does Mistral Small 3.2 (2506) rank among vision models?
Overall rank 121 (1142); OCR rank 119 (1134); Diagrams rank 119 (1125); Homework rank 103 (1173); Captioning rank 34 (1059); Entity recognition rank 48 (1151); Creative writing rank 93 (1181); Humor rank 90 (1140); English rank 117 (1162); Chinese rank 97 (1163) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is Mistral Small 3.2 (2506) at OCR?
Mistral Small 3.2 (2506) ranks 119 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1134 (4,083 votes).
Is Mistral Small 3.2 (2506) better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #97 of 128 (1163); English board: #117 of 167 (1162). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is Mistral Small 3.2 (2506) open-weight?
LMArena lists its license as Apache 2.0, not proprietary; check the license text for commercial use.
How far is Mistral Small 3.2 (2506) from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); Mistral Small 3.2 (2506) has 1142, 183 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.