Model comparison
Ministral 3B vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 41.8 to 10.4.
- Ministral 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Ministral 3B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 26.2 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2024-10-01 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 262K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Results tracked | 6 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1487 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Ministral 3B: 18.4 (#282), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1483 |
| DTBench | 51.7% | — |
| LMCA | 5.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.1 | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Ministral 3B: 26.6 (#258), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1474 |
| MATH Level 5 | 14.4% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#302), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 25.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1489 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1534 |
| LMArena French | — | 1484 |
| LMArena German | — | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1470 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1467 |
Long Context Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Ministral 3B: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1478 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Ministral 3B better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Ministral 3B and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Ministral 3B has 6 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.