Model comparison
Mistral Large 4 vs Qwen3 Max
Mistral Large 4 and Qwen3 Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.1 vs 43.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 4 scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3 Max in 4 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 to 36.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 20% for Mistral Large 4 and 48.7% for Qwen3 Max.
- Mistral Large 4 is cheaper at $0.68 / $2.09 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $6 for Qwen3 Max.
- Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
Side by side
| Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 43.7 |
| Released | 2026-10-06 | 2025-09-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | 262K |
| Max output | 262K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.68 | $1.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.09 | $6 |
| Results tracked | 15 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Large 4 leads
Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1475 | 1456 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1541 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 370.45 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Large 4: —, Qwen3 Max: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 71.56 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 27.4% | 30.1% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1444 | 1448 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 72.5% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 82.1% |
| LMCA | — | 28.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.38 |
Math Mistral Large 4 leads
Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1488 | 1446 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 73.3% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 97.1% |
Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads
Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleQA Verified | 20% | 48.7% |
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | 1455 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 72.6% |
Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads
Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1415 | 1429 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1491 | 1478 |
| LMArena Russian | 1414 | 1428 |
| LMArena French | — | 1449 |
| LMArena German | — | 1463 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1399 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1462 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1424 | 1419 |
Long Context Mistral Large 4 leads
Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1429 | 1438 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 14.5% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads
Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | 1439 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1361 | 1402 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1424 | 1446 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Large 4 better than Qwen3 Max?
Mistral Large 4 and Qwen3 Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (43.1 vs 43.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 4 or Qwen3 Max?
Mistral Large 4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.68 per million input tokens and $2.09 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Max lists at $1.20 and $6.
Is Mistral Large 4 or Qwen3 Max better for coding?
Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 43.0 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 4 and Qwen3 Max share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 4 has 15 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.