Model comparison

Mistral Large 3 vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 3 costs 3.3× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 18 shared benchmarks.

Mistral Large 3

Mistral AI

39.1

Rank #176 Confirmed

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B

Alibaba (Qwen)

43.2

Rank #95 Confirmed

Summary

They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B in 8 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads 29.3 to 15.2.
Mistral Large 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.75 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B.
Mistral Large 3 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 131K.

Side by side

Mistral Large 3 and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B specifications
	Mistral Large 3	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
Provider	Mistral AI	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	39.1	43.2
Released	2025-12-02	2025-04
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	262K	131K
Max output	8K	33K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.25	$0.70
Output $ / M tokens	$0.75	$2.80
Results tracked	24	18

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 42.4 (#100)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Large 3	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Coding	1448	1439
LMArena WebDev	1230	—

Reasoning Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 29.3 (#92)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Large 3	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Hard Prompts	1429	1428
Kagi LLM Benchmark	50.9%	—
NYT Connections (extended)	7.5%	—
Thematic Generalization	23%	—

Math Too close to call

Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.0 (#118)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Large 3	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Math	1414	1426

Knowledge Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 40.3 (#121)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Large 3	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Expert	1421	1442
Vectara Hallucination Rate	14.5%	—

Multimodal Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.8 (#55)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Large 3	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Vision	1221	1247

Multilingual Too close to call

Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 51.9 (#97)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Large 3	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Non-English	1413	1405
LMArena Chinese	1447	1463
LMArena French	1455	1452
LMArena German	1437	1424
LMArena Japanese	1394	1385
LMArena Korean	1384	1394
LMArena Russian	1411	1408
LMArena Spanish	1440	1428

Instruction Following Too close to call

Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.2 (#101)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Large 3	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Instruction Following	1403	1406

Long Context Too close to call

Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#98)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Large 3	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Longer Query	1413	1420

Writing & Preference Too close to call

Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.2 (#99)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Large 3	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Text	1428	1420
LMArena Creative Writing	1386	1366
LMArena Multi-Turn	1429	1428
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	1412	—

Frequently asked questions

Is Mistral Large 3 better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 3 or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Mistral Large 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens; Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B lists at $0.70 and $2.80.

Is Mistral Large 3 or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better for coding?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 3 does, with 262K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.