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Saba vs Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

Saba (Mistral AI) and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct (Qwen) 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 3 September 2026

As of 3 September 2026, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#192 vs #215); Saba is 1.7× cheaper per output token ($0.60/1M vs $1.00/1M); and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Saba if…

  • API cost matters — $0.60/1M output tokens against $1.00/1M, about 1.7× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.20/1M against $0.66/1M.
  • AA Humanity's Last Exam is your yardstick — 4.3% against 3.5%.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Saba was listed 17 February 2025, Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct 11 November 2024.

Choose Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #192 against #215 (11.0 vs 0.0 points).
  • you want to self-host: Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct ships open weights while Saba is api only.
  • AA Intelligence Index is your yardstick — 6.9 against 6.2.

Saba vs Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Saba and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct
FieldSabaMistral AIQwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructQwen
ModelCap Index position#215#192
Index score0.011.0
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$0.20$0.66
Output price / 1M tokens$0.60$1.00
Context window33K tokens33K tokens
Max output tokens26K29K
API providers listed11
Weight accessAPI onlyOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, FileText
First listed17 February 202511 November 2024
PublisherMistral AIQwen

Evidence: 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board · 3 public benchmark observations across 3 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Saba vs Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct

Public benchmark boards where Saba or Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct has a published result
BoardSabaQwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—13421324–1361Only one result
SWE-benchSWE-bench (Princeton / SWE-agent team)—9.0%Only one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis6.2intelligence-index6.9intelligence-indexQwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis4.3%humanitys-last-exam3.5%humanitys-last-examSaba

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

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Saba vs Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: common questions

Is Saba better than Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct?

Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 3 September 2026: #192 against #215. 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.

Is Saba cheaper than Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct?

Saba is cheaper on output tokens: $0.60/1M against $1.00/1M. Input tokens are $0.20/1M for Saba and $0.66/1M for Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Saba or Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct?

Both publish a 33K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Saba or Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct?

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 Saba and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct open-weight models?

Saba: API only. Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: 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 Saba and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for Saba and 1 for Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Saba vs Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 3 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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