Model comparison
Mistral Large 3 vs Qwen Turbo
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Turbo costs 4.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
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Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Large 3 leads 38.7 to 15.3.
- Qwen Turbo is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.75 for Mistral Large 3.
- Qwen Turbo accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Turbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 27.1 |
| Released | 2025-12-02 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Max output | 8K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.25 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.75 | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1448 | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | — |
Math Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129), Qwen Turbo: 15.3 (#297)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 6.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1414 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 56.2% |
Knowledge Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177), Qwen Turbo: 22.2 (#272)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 41.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1221 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1413 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1447 | — |
| LMArena French | 1455 | — |
| LMArena German | 1437 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1394 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1411 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1440 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1386 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Large 3 better than Qwen Turbo?
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Turbo costs 4.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 3 or Qwen Turbo?
Qwen Turbo is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 3 lists at $0.25 and $0.75.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Turbo does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Qwen Turbo share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Turbo has 3.