Model comparison
Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Qwen3.6 Flash
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.6 Flash costs 7.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Medium 3.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Mistral Medium 3.5 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.6 Flash in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.6 Flash leads 29.0 to 17.3.
- Qwen3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.19 / $1.13 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Mistral Medium 3.5.
- Qwen3.6 Flash accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.6 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 40.2 | 38.8 |
| Released | — | 2026-04-27 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Max output | 210K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.50 | $0.19 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $7.50 | $1.13 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1264 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1461 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 326.4 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Flash leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295), Qwen3.6 Flash: 29.0 (#96)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.35 | 143.26 |
| SimpleBench | — | 35.2% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 41.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 12.9% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1436 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 18% |
| DTBench | — | 77.1% |
| LMCA | — | 31% |
Math Too close to call
Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113), Qwen3.6 Flash: 39.0 (#117)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 22.5% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 84.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1431 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 10.3% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 0% |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Flash leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126), Qwen3.6 Flash: 42.1 (#100)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 83.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 15.9% |
| LMArena Expert | 1432 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1223 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1442 | — |
| LMArena French | 1448 | — |
| LMArena German | 1451 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1385 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1409 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1415 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1415 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117), Qwen3.6 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1421 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1374 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 993 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1423 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 better than Qwen3.6 Flash?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 to 38.8 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3.6 Flash costs 7.1× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Medium 3.5's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Medium 3.5 or Qwen3.6 Flash?
Qwen3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.19 per million input tokens and $1.13 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.5 lists at $1.50 and $7.50.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.6 Flash does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.5 and Qwen3.6 Flash share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Flash has 13.