Model comparison
Mistral Nemo vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 20× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.6 Max Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Nemo scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 57.6 to 12.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 29.9% for Mistral Nemo and 87.4% for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
- Mistral Nemo is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $1.30 / $7.80 for Qwen3.6 Max Preview.
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
- Mistral Nemo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Nemo | Qwen3.6 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 25.9 | 51.1 |
| Released | 2024-07-01 | 2026-04-20 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Max output | 128K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $1.30 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $7.80 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 29 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Nemo: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.6 (#50)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1472 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Nemo: 23.3 (#118), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.6% | — |
| BALROG | 17.6% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,254 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Mistral Nemo: 19.9 (#230), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 40.8 (#47)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 48.6% | 87.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.63 | 149.27 |
| SimpleBench | — | 63% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1457 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| LMCA | — | 42.5% |
| PIQA | 83.5% | — |
Math Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#263), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 52.2 (#40)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1465 |
| MATH Level 5 | 10.8% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 23.1% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |
| GSM8K | 84.2% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#293), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#35)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 29.9% | 87.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 52% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1476 |
| BoolQ | 82.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Nemo: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.3 (#46)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1436 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1487 |
| LMArena French | — | 1449 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1444 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1452 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Nemo: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.8 (#51)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1437 |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Nemo: —, Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#59)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1457 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads
Mistral Nemo: 28.6 (#291), Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 64.0 (#58)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1435 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 881 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1456 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Nemo better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 20× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.6 Max Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Nemo or Qwen3.6 Max Preview?
Mistral Nemo is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Max Preview lists at $1.30 and $7.80.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.6 Max Preview does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Nemo and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Nemo has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.