Model comparison
Mistral Large 3 vs Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
Mistral Large 3 and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.6 vs 38.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.2 to 49.5.
- Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Large 3 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 38.6 | 38.1 |
| Released | 2025-12-02 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 8K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.25 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.75 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads
Mistral Large 3: 34.1 (#230), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 37.9 (#171)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | 1314 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |
Reasoning Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads
Mistral Large 3: 14.6 (#314), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 24.8 (#139)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | 1299 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |
Math Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#131), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 33.5 (#175)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1415 | 1298 |
Knowledge Too close to call
Mistral Large 3: 35.5 (#173), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 34.9 (#179)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | 1289 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 37.6 (#65), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1222 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 52.6 (#79), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 42.1 (#196)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1412 | 1265 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1448 | 1314 |
| LMArena German | 1438 | 1231 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1399 | 1207 |
| LMArena Russian | 1412 | 1271 |
| LMArena French | 1456 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1437 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 74.1 (#104), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 67.4 (#194)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1402 | 1275 |
Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#102), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 39.2 (#180)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | 1292 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 60.2 (#100), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 49.5 (#186)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | 1299 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1385 | 1262 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | 1299 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Large 3 better than Qwen2.5 Plus 1127?
Mistral Large 3 and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (38.6 vs 38.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Mistral Large 3 or Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 better for coding?
Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.9 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 has 14.