Model comparison
Magistral Medium vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Medium scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 56.1 to 33.5.
- Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper at $0.50 / $3 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $5 for Magistral Medium.
- Qwen3.6 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Magistral Medium has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Magistral Medium | Qwen3.6 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 35.2 | 47.5 |
| Released | 2025-03-17 | 2026-03-31 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Max output | 16K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $5 | $3 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 39.2% | 40.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1319 | 1467 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 57.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1461 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 670.15 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Magistral Medium: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,115 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348), Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0.3% | 2.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1267 | 1449 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 16.2% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 60.3% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 6.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 17% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 59.5% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 12% |
| DTBench | — | 81.9% |
| LMCA | — | 33.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 147.65 |
Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189), Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1250 | 1450 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 38.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 93.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 26.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 8.3% |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1454 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 44.1% |
Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1232 | 1424 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1227 | 1477 |
| LMArena French | 1267 | 1455 |
| LMArena German | 1248 | 1452 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | 1389 |
| LMArena Korean | 1125 | 1379 |
| LMArena Russian | 1224 | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1271 | 1432 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1254 | 1425 |
Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1295 | 1439 |
| CL-bench | — | 20.3% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1255 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1245 | 1404 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | 1438 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Medium better than Qwen3.6 Plus?
Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Magistral Medium or Qwen3.6 Plus?
Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens; Magistral Medium lists at $2 and $5.
Is Magistral Medium or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 39.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.6 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Medium and Qwen3.6 Plus share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Medium has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.