Model comparison

Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Qwen3-1.7B

Mistral Medium 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.5 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Mistral Medium 3.1 Mistral AI

31.5

Rank #260 Reported

Qwen3-1.7B Alibaba (Qwen)

26.2

Rank #331 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3-1.7B leads 18.5 to 10.1.
  • Qwen3-1.7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Mistral Medium 3.1 and Qwen3-1.7B specifications
Mistral Medium 3.1Qwen3-1.7B
ProviderMistral AIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index31.526.2
Released—2025-04-29
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window131K—
Max output105K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.40—
Output $ / M tokens$2—
Results tracked34

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Category by category

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Qwen3-1.7B: 24.5 (#108)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Qwen3-1.7B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—28.4%

Reasoning Qwen3-1.7B leads

Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.1 (#336), Qwen3-1.7B: 18.5 (#263)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Qwen3-1.7B
NYT Connections (extended)6.5%—
Chess Puzzles—0%
Thematic Generalization20.3%—

Math Not comparable

Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Qwen3-1.7B: 15.4 (#288)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Qwen3-1.7B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—8.1%

Knowledge Not comparable

Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#273)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Qwen3-1.7B
GPQA Diamond—38%

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.6 (#140), Qwen3-1.7B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMistral Medium 3.1Qwen3-1.7B
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1476—

Frequently asked questions

Is Mistral Medium 3.1 better than Qwen3-1.7B?

Mistral Medium 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.5 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.1 and Qwen3-1.7B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.

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