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Small 3.2 24B
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RANKED #248 OF 318 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #374 OF 494 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 5.6 · 46 VOICES ·
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Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506 is an updated 24B parameter model from Mistral optimized for instruction following, repetition reduction, and improved function calling. Compared to the 3.1 release, version 3.2 significantly improves acc
HAPPY10.0
9 mentions
SAD5.0
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VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 33 voices in this window
AGING WELL
The crowd is warmer now than it was at the start.
HOW TO USE IT
Open weights. You can use a hosted service, or download it and run it yourself, free.
RUN IT ON YOUR OWN MACHINE
Open weights: download Small 3.2 24B once and it's yours. No subscription, no rate limits, works offline.
24B parameters, a Q4 file is about 14.5 GB, FP16 is about 48 GB
- BARE MINIMUM
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
16 GB VRAM
~$450 NEWIQ3_M or tight Q4_K_S, ~18 tok/s, 4k context
- SWEET SPOT
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 24GB
24 GB VRAM
~$1800 USEDQ4_K_M or Q5_K_M, ~44 tok/s, 16k context
- FULL POWER
Apple Mac Studio M2 Ultra (64GB)
64 GB UNIFIED MEMORY
~$3300 USEDQ8_0 or full FP16, ~25 tok/s, 128k context
No live install guides found yet. The hardware picks above still stand.
WILL MY BOX RUN SMALL 3.2 24B?
The three cards above are researched picks. Search the machine you actually have — we only say yes if it should reply at a usable speed, not just load the weights and crawl.
HARDWARE PICKS & PRICES ARE RESEARCHED FROM THE LIVE WEB AND REFRESHED AUTOMATICALLY. TREAT THEM AS BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY DO WITH IT?
Everyday jobs on each of those rigs: how long Small 3.2 24B takes, and how good the crowd says it is at that kind of work.
| THE JOB | BARE MINIMUMNvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB | SWEET SPOTNvidia GeForce RTX 4090 24GB | FULL POWERApple Mac Studio M2 Ultra (64GB) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Write an emaila paragraph or two, drafted from a one-line brief | ~28 S★★★★★ | ~11 S★★★★★ | ~20 S★★★★★ |
| Summarize a documenta long report boiled down to the points that matter | ~83 S★★★★★ | ~34 S★★★★★ | ~60 S★★★★★ |
| Build a websitea small landing page, markup and styles together | ~7.4 MIN★★★★★ | ~3 MIN★★★★★ | ~5.3 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a backendan API with routes, storage and tests | ~23 MIN★★★★★ | ~9.5 MIN★★★★★ | ~17 MIN★★★★★ |
| Build a gamea playable browser game in one file | ~14 MIN★★★★★ | ~5.7 MIN★★★★★ | ~10 MIN★★★★★ |
STARS ARE THE COMMUNITY SCORE FOR THAT KIND OF WORK, DOCKED FOR HOW SQUASHED THE WEIGHTS GET AT EACH TIER. TIMES ARE COMPUTED FROM RESEARCHED SPEEDS. BALLPARK, NOT GOSPEL.
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Not enough discussion about Small 3.2 24B yet to call it. We found 46 posts but people did not say much either way.
37 POSTS · 9 COMMENTS · HACKER NEWS · LEMMY · REDDIT · GITHUB · DEV.TO
PEOPLE LOVE
- No fan mail yet. The crowd is still warming up.
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT MORE
- No complaints yet. The internet is still looking for one. Suspicious.
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- REDDIT · 2025-08-07 · 124 UPVOTESBest models under 16GB
Best models under 16GB
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Character Creator V2 - Generate full characters from a few sentences on your PC
- REDDIT · 2025-06-24 · 31 UPVOTESMistral 3.2 24B Fixed tool calling final
Mistral 3.2 24B Fixed tool calling final
- HACKER NEWS · 2025-06-20 · 23 UPVOTESMistral Small 3.2 (24B-Instruct-2506)
Mistral Small 3.2 (24B-Instruct-2506)
- REDDIT · 2025-07-22 · 20 UPVOTESBan the em dash!
Ban the em dash!
- REDDIT · 2025-07-23 · 20 UPVOTESMOE Pipeline
MOE Pipeline
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- REDDIT · 2026-03-13 · 9 UPVOTESPixtral retirement - I tried 8 alternatives, this is what I found
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