Mistral Small 3.2 vs Kimi K1.5
Mistral Mistral Small 3.2 | Moonshot AI Kimi K1.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | Mistral | Moonshot AI |
| Release date | Jun 20 2025 | Jan 20 2025 |
| Access | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | 24B | — |
Context window | — | 128k |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | Kimi K1.5 shipped 151 days before Mistral Small 3.2 | |
Which is better: Mistral Small 3.2 or Kimi K1.5?
Mistral Small 3.2 and Kimi K1.5 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Kimi K1.5 shipped 151 days before Mistral Small 3.2, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Mistral Small 3.2 is open weight, while Kimi K1.5 is proprietary.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Mistral Small 3.2 and Kimi K1.5 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.
Frequently asked questions
Mistral Small 3.2 was released by Mistral on Jun 20 2025.
Kimi K1.5 was released by Moonshot AI on Jan 20 2025.
Mistral Small 3.2 is an open weight model released by Mistral. Kimi K1.5 is a proprietary model released by Moonshot AI.
Other comparisons
Mistral Small 3.2 vs Claude Sonnet 5Kimi K1.5 vs Claude Sonnet 5Mistral Small 3.2 vs GPT-5.6 SolKimi K1.5 vs GPT-5.6 SolMistral Small 3.2 vs Gemini OmniKimi K1.5 vs Gemini OmniMistral Small 3.2 vs Muse Spark 1.1Kimi K1.5 vs Muse Spark 1.1Mistral Small 3.2 vs Grok 4.5Kimi K1.5 vs Grok 4.5Mistral Small 3.2 vs DeepSeek-V4-ProKimi K1.5 vs DeepSeek-V4-Pro