Model comparison
Mistral Large 3 vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3 Coder Next leads 22.4 to 15.2.
- Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper at $0.12 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.75 for Mistral Large 3.
Side by side
| Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3 Coder Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 34.3 |
| Released | 2025-12-02 | 2026-02-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 8K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.25 | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.75 | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Coder Next leads
Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237), Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |
| SciCode | — | 32.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1448 | — |
Reasoning Qwen3 Coder Next leads
Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | — |
Math Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1414 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1221 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Coder Next?
Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 3 or Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper. It lists at $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 3 lists at $0.25 and $0.75.
Is Mistral Large 3 or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?
Qwen3 Coder Next scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.3 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 Next share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.