Aya Expanse 32B vs Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct vs Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct
Too close to call on our weighted score (Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct 25, Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct 25, Aya Expanse 32B 10). The right pick depends on what you value most.
CohereAya Expanse 32B
10/100- ECI—
- Price$0.50 / $1.50
- Context128K
NVIDIANemotron Mini 4B Instruct
25/100- ECI—
- Price—
- Context128K
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct
25/100- ECI—
- Price$0.66 / $1.00
- Context131K
Too close to call
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct 25/100, Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct 25/100, Aya Expanse 32B 10/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct on price and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct for long inputs. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
- CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
- Lowest priceQwen2.5-Coder-32B-InstructQwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct $0.745 · Aya Expanse 32B $0.75 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct unpriced
- Longest contextQwen2.5-Coder-32B-InstructQwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct 131,072 · Aya Expanse 32B 128,000 · Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct 128,000 tokens
- Widest inputsSame inputsAya Expanse 32B: Text · Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct: Text · Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct: Text
- Self-hostingAll open weightsEvery model here can be downloaded and run on your own hardware
| Measure | Weight | Aya Expanse 32B | Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs & features | 60% | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| Context window | 40% | 24 | 24 | 25 |
| Overall | 100% | 10/100 | 25/100 | 25/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability and price. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Aya Expanse 32BCohere | Nemotron Mini 4B InstructNVIDIA | Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-InstructAlibaba (Qwen) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.50 (best) | — | $0.66 |
| Output | $1.50 | — | $1.00 (best) |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.75 | — | $0.745 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Same rate | — | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Cohere API | — | Median of 7 providers |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 128,000 tokens | 128,000 tokens | 131,072 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 4,000 tokens | 8,192 tokens (best) | 8,192 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | No | No | No |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | No | No | No |
| Reasoning | No | No | No |
| Tool calling | No | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | No | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | OpenCC-BY-NC-4.0 | Open | Open |
| API model ID | c4ai-aya-expanse-32b | — | — |
| API providers | 2 | — | 7 (best) |
| Released | Oct 24, 2024 | Aug 21, 2024 | Nov 12, 2024 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — | — |
What would a month cost?
Enter your expected volume in millions of tokens. List prices only; caching and batch discounts would lower these.
- Aya Expanse 32B$8.00
- Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct—
- Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct$8.60
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Aya Expanse 32B, Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct or Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct?
It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct 25/100, Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct 25/100, Aya Expanse 32B 10/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct on price and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct for long inputs. The score weighs inputs & features 60%, context window 40%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.
Which is cheaper, Aya Expanse 32B, Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct or Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct?
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct is cheaper at $0.66 input / $1.00 output per million tokens (median across 7 API providers). Aya Expanse 32B costs $0.50 input / $1.50 output per million tokens (official Cohere API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.745 per million tokens for Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct versus $0.75 for Aya Expanse 32B (1× as much). Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct has no published per-token price.
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Aya Expanse 32B has not been scored yet, Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct has not been scored yet and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Aya Expanse 32B, Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that Aya Expanse 32B does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct has the largest context window at 131,072 tokens, against 128,000 for Aya Expanse 32B and 128,000 for Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct. Maximum output per response: Aya Expanse 32B up to 4,000, Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct up to 8,192, Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct up to 8,192 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Aya Expanse 32B accepts text; Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct accepts text; Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct accepts text. They handle the same number of input types.
Are any of these open source?
Yes, all three publish their weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0), so you can self-host them.
Which is newer?
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct is the newest, released Nov 12, 2024. Aya Expanse 32B came out Oct 24, 2024; Nemotron Mini 4B Instruct came out Aug 21, 2024.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.
