Model comparison
Mistral Large 3 vs Qwen3.5 Plus
Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 3 costs 2.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.5 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.5 Plus in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5 Plus leads 32.8 to 15.2.
- Mistral Large 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.75 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2.40 for Qwen3.5 Plus.
- Qwen3.5 Plus 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 | Qwen3.5 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 42.9 |
| Released | 2025-12-02 | 2026-02-16 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Max output | 8K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.25 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.75 | $2.40 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1448 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 621.92 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: —, Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 0.54 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319), Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.8 (#74)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 17% |
| DTBench | — | 80.5% |
| LMCA | — | 36.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.78 |
Math Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129), Qwen3.5 Plus: 49.6 (#61)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1414 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 21% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 2.1% |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177), Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#83)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | 10.7% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 25.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1221 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| 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), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105), Qwen3.5 Plus: 43.0 (#113)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 19.8% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 12.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Qwen3.5 Plus?
Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 3 costs 2.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.5 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 3 or Qwen3.5 Plus?
Mistral Large 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 Plus lists at $0.40 and $2.40.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.5 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Qwen3.5 Plus share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Plus has 15.