Model comparison
Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Medium 3.5 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 30.8 to 17.3.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 40.2 | 45.3 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 210K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $7.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1461 | 1487 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1264 | — |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1436 | 1483 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 41.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 12.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.35 | — |
Math Too close to call
Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1431 | 1474 |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1432 | 1489 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1223 | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1442 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | 1484 |
| LMArena German | 1451 | 1487 |
| LMArena Korean | 1385 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1409 | 1470 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1495 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1415 | 1467 |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1415 | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1421 | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1374 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1423 | 1478 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 993 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.5 and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.