Model comparison
Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Qwen1.5 4b Chat
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 28.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Medium 3.5 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen1.5 4b Chat in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium 3.5 leads 58.6 to 23.9.
Side by side
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.6 | 28.3 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 210K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $7.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 35.7 (#208), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 28.6 (#305)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1461 | 999 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1263 | — |
Reasoning Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 16.6 (#290), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 17.7 (#277)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1436 | 976 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 41.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 12.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.42 | — |
Math Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.4 (#113), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 27.9 (#233)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1432 | 1026 |
Knowledge Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.3 (#123), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.2 (#252)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1431 | 980 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: 37.6 (#64), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1222 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 52.1 (#93), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.2 (#285)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1405 | 979 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1443 | 1024 |
| LMArena German | 1453 | 902 |
| LMArena Russian | 1396 | 952 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1387 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1406 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.7 (#87), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1414 | 979 |
Long Context Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#101), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#285)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1414 | 988 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.6 (#113), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.9 (#304)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1421 | 997 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1372 | 969 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1423 | 977 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 993 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 better than Qwen1.5 4b Chat?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 28.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 or Qwen1.5 4b Chat better for coding?
Mistral Medium 3.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.7 versus 28.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.5 and Qwen1.5 4b Chat share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13.