Model comparison
Magistral Medium vs Qwen Turbo
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Turbo costs 31× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Magistral Medium's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Magistral Medium leads 35.1 to 15.3.
- Qwen Turbo is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $5 for Magistral Medium.
- Qwen Turbo accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Magistral Medium has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Magistral Medium | Qwen Turbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 35.2 | 27.1 |
| Released | 2025-03-17 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Max output | 16K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $5 | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 39.2% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1319 | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 16.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 6.1% | — |
| CritPt | 0.3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1267 | — |
Math Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189), Qwen Turbo: 15.3 (#297)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 6.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1250 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 56.2% |
Knowledge Magistral Medium leads
Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202), Qwen Turbo: 22.2 (#272)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 41.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1232 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1227 | — |
| LMArena French | 1267 | — |
| LMArena German | 1248 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1125 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1224 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1271 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1254 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1295 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1255 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1245 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Medium better than Qwen Turbo?
Magistral Medium is the stronger model overall, scoring 35.2 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Turbo costs 31× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Magistral Medium's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Magistral Medium or Qwen Turbo?
Qwen Turbo is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Magistral Medium lists at $2 and $5.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Turbo does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Medium and Qwen Turbo share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Medium has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Turbo has 3.