Model comparison
Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 to 38.8 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 6 categories and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Mistral Medium 3.5 leads 51.9 to 41.9.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 40.2 | 38.8 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 210K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $7.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 38.5 (#175)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1461 | 1314 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1264 | — |
Reasoning Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 25.9 (#141)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1436 | 1299 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 41.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 12.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.35 | — |
Math Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 36.1 (#174)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1431 | 1298 |
Knowledge Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 35.5 (#183)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1432 | 1289 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1223 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 41.9 (#201)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | 1265 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1442 | 1314 |
| LMArena German | 1451 | 1231 |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | 1271 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1207 |
| LMArena Korean | 1385 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1409 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 67.2 (#199)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1415 | 1275 |
Long Context Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 39.2 (#184)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1415 | 1292 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 49.4 (#192)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1421 | 1299 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1374 | 1262 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1423 | 1299 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 993 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 better than Qwen2.5 Plus 1127?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 or Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 better for coding?
Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.5 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.5 and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 has 14.