Model comparison
Mistral Large 3 vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 25.5 to 15.2.
- Mistral Large 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.75 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct.
Side by side
| Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 38.1 |
| Released | 2025-12-02 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 8K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.25 | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.75 | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | 1275 |
| LMArena Coding | 1448 | 1412 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | 49.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | 1372 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |
Math Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1414 | 1365 |
Knowledge Too close to call
Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | 1338 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1221 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1413 | 1346 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1447 | 1357 |
| LMArena French | 1455 | 1398 |
| LMArena German | 1437 | 1325 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1394 | 1310 |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | 1305 |
| LMArena Russian | 1411 | 1366 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1440 | 1360 |
Instruction Following Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | 1355 |
Long Context Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | 1378 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Large 3 leads
Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1357 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1386 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | 1365 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Large 3 better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 3 or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Mistral Large 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens; Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct lists at $1.50 and $7.50.
Is Mistral Large 3 or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 262K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.