Model comparison
Mistral Large 3 vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 30.8 to 15.2.
- Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 45.3 |
| 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 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1448 | 1487 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | 1483 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1414 | 1474 |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | 1489 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1221 | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1413 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1447 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1455 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1437 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1394 | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1411 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1440 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | 1467 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1386 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | 1478 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Large 3 better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Large 3 or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.