Model comparison
Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Qwen2-72B
Mistral Medium 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium 3.1 leads 55.5 to 40.8.
- Qwen2-72B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen2-72B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 30.0 |
| Released | — | 2024-06-07 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 105K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Results tracked | 3 | 26 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Qwen2-72B: 29.1 (#310)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | — | 11.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 38.5% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1196 |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Qwen2-72B: 17.0 (#146)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 1.1% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 29.9% |
Reasoning Qwen2-72B leads
Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341), Qwen2-72B: 23.2 (#181)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 6.5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 20.3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1191 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 125.28 |
Math Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Qwen2-72B: 30.2 (#236)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | — | 1235 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 39.1% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#275)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 40.8% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1171 |
| MMLU | — | 82.4% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Qwen2-72B: 35.9 (#244)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1176 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1240 |
| LMArena French | — | 1170 |
| LMArena German | — | 1151 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1083 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1169 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1169 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Qwen2-72B: 61.7 (#241)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1181 |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#235)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1192 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.1 leads
Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145), Qwen2-72B: 40.8 (#241)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1203 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1181 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1476 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1196 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Medium 3.1 better than Qwen2-72B?
Mistral Medium 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 30.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.1 and Qwen2-72B share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.