Model comparison
Codestral vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3 Coder Next leads 36.3 to 27.3.
- Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper at $0.12 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $0.90 for Codestral.
- Qwen3 Coder Next accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 256K.
- Qwen3 Coder Next has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Codestral | Qwen3 Coder Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.6 | 34.3 |
| Released | 2024-05-29 | 2026-02-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 256K | 262K |
| Max output | 8K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.90 | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 7 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Coder Next leads
Codestral: 27.3 (#321), Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 11.1% | — |
| SciCode | — | 32.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.4% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 41.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 137.78 | — |
| HumanEval+ | 73.8% | — |
| MBPP+ | 61.9% | — |
Reasoning Qwen3 Coder Next leads
Codestral: 19.8 (#251), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Codestral | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 32.5% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Codestral better than Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 30.6 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Codestral or Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper. It lists at $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; Codestral lists at $0.30 and $0.90.
Is Codestral or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?
Qwen3 Coder Next scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.3 versus 27.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3 Coder Next does, with 262K tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Codestral and Qwen3 Coder Next share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Codestral has 7 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.