Aya Vision 32B vs Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite vs Magistral Medium
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite comes out ahead, 78 to 31 and 15 on our weighted score.
CohereAya Vision 32B
15/100- ECI—
- Price—
- Context16K
- Our pick
GoogleGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite
78/100- ECI—
- Price—
- Context1.05M
Mistral AIMagistral Medium
31/100- ECI—
- Price$2.00 / $5.00
- Context128K
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is our pick
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 78/100 against Magistral Medium (31) and Aya Vision 32B (15). It leads on inputs & features and context window. 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 priceMagistral MediumMagistral Medium $2.75 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend) · Aya Vision 32B and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite unpriced
- Longest contextGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGemini 2.0 Flash-Lite 1,048,576 · Magistral Medium 128,000 · Aya Vision 32B 16,000 tokens
- Widest inputsGemini 2.0 Flash-LiteAya Vision 32B: Text, Images · Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · Magistral Medium: Text
- Self-hostingAya Vision 32BPublishes downloadable weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0)
| Measure | Weight | Aya Vision 32B | Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite | Magistral Medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inputs & features | 60% | 25 | 90 | 35 |
| Context window | 40% | 0 | 61 | 24 |
| Overall | 100% | 15/100 | 78/100 | 31/100 |
Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability and price. The remaining weights were rescaled.
Every spec in one table
Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.
| Specification | Aya Vision 32BCohere | Gemini 2.0 Flash-LiteGoogle | Magistral MediumMistral AI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | — | — | — |
| ECI rank | — | — | — |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | — | — | $2.00 |
| Output | — | — | $5.00 |
| Cached input | — | — | — |
| Blended (3:1) | — | — | $2.75 |
| Long-context rate | — | — | Same rate |
| Price source | — | — | Official Mistral API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 16,000 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens (best) | 128,000 tokens |
| Max output | 4,000 tokens | 8,192 tokens | 16,384 tokens (best) |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | No |
| PDFs | No | Yes | No |
| Audio | No | Yes | No |
| Video | No | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | No | No | Yes |
| Tool calling | No | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | No | Yes | No |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | OpenCC-BY-NC-4.0 | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | c4ai-aya-vision-32b | — | magistral-medium-latest |
| API providers | 1 | — | 4 (best) |
| Released | Mar 4, 2025 | Dec 11, 2024 | Mar 17, 2025 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | Jun 2024 | Jun 2025 |
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- Aya Vision 32B—
- Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite—
- Magistral Medium$30.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Aya Vision 32B, Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Magistral Medium?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is the better all-round choice, scoring 78/100 against Magistral Medium (31) and Aya Vision 32B (15). It leads on inputs & features and context window. 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 Vision 32B, Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite or Magistral Medium?
Magistral Medium is cheaper at $2.00 input / $5.00 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price). . At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $2.75 per million tokens for Magistral Medium versus . Aya Vision 32B and Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has no published per-token price.
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
There is no independent benchmark that covers all three models yet. Aya Vision 32B has not been scored yet, Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has not been scored yet and Magistral Medium has not been scored yet.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Aya Vision 32B, Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Magistral Medium yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Note that Aya Vision 32B does not support tool calling, which most coding agents need.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 128,000 for Magistral Medium and 16,000 for Aya Vision 32B. Maximum output per response: Aya Vision 32B up to 4,000, Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite up to 8,192, Magistral Medium up to 16,384 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Aya Vision 32B accepts text and images; Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; Magistral Medium accepts text. Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
Aya Vision 32B publishes its weights (CC-BY-NC-4.0) and can be self-hosted; Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite and Magistral Medium is proprietary.
Which is newer?
Magistral Medium is the newest, released Mar 17, 2025. Aya Vision 32B came out Mar 4, 2025; Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite came out Dec 11, 2024. Knowledge cutoff: Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Jun 2024, Magistral Medium Jun 2025.
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 Oct 4, 2026.
