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Fara1.5 4B vs Mistral Small 3.2 24B

Fara1.5 4B (Microsoft) and Mistral Small 3.2 24B (Mistral AI) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 19 September 2026

As of 19 September 2026, Fara1.5 4B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#128 vs #130).

Which should you choose?

Choose Fara1.5 4B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #128 against #130 (38.7 vs 37.1 points).
  • you want the more recently listed model — Fara1.5 4B was listed 17 July 2026, Mistral Small 3.2 24B 20 June 2025.

Choose Mistral Small 3.2 24B if…

  • you want provider choice — 3 listed API providers against 0.

Fara1.5 4B vs Mistral Small 3.2 24B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Fara1.5 4B and Mistral Small 3.2 24B
FieldFara1.5 4BMicrosoftMistral Small 3.2 24BMistral AI
ModelCap Index position#128#130
Index score38.737.1
EvidenceInheritedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.094
Output price / 1M tokensUnlisted$0.25
Context window— tokens256K tokens
Max output tokens—16K
API providers listed03
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, ImageImage, Text
First listed17 July 202620 June 2025
PublisherMicrosoftMistral AI

Evidence: finetune of Qwen/Qwen3.5-4B · finetune (100%) · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Fara1.5 4B vs Mistral Small 3.2 24B

Public benchmark boards where Fara1.5 4B or Mistral Small 3.2 24B has a published result
BoardFara1.5 4BMistral Small 3.2 24BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—14121402–1422Only one result
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)—37.2Function callingOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Fara1.5 4B vs Mistral Small 3.2 24B: common questions

Is Fara1.5 4B better than Mistral Small 3.2 24B?

Fara1.5 4B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 19 September 2026: #128 against #130. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.

Is Fara1.5 4B cheaper than Mistral Small 3.2 24B?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Fara1.5 4B or Mistral Small 3.2 24B?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Fara1.5 4B or Mistral Small 3.2 24B?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Fara1.5 4B and Mistral Small 3.2 24B open-weight models?

Fara1.5 4B: Open weights. Mistral Small 3.2 24B: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Fara1.5 4B and Mistral Small 3.2 24B?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for Fara1.5 4B and 3 for Mistral Small 3.2 24B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Fara1.5 4B vs Mistral Small 3.2 24B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 19 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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