Model comparison
Mistral Nemo vs Qwen3 Max
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 16× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 4 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 4 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Nemo scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Max in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 to 12.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 10.8% for Mistral Nemo and 97.1% for Qwen3 Max.
- Mistral Nemo is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $1.20 / $6 for Qwen3 Max.
- Qwen3 Max accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
- Mistral Nemo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Nemo | Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 26.4 | 43.7 |
| Released | 2024-07-01 | 2025-09-23 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Max output | 128K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $1.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $6 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Nemo: —, Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1456 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 370.45 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#125), Qwen3 Max: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.6% | — |
| BALROG | 17.6% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 71.56 |
Reasoning Qwen3 Max leads
Mistral Nemo: 20.7 (#232), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 48.6% | 82.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.68 | 142.38 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 72.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 30.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1448 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LMCA | — | 28.3% |
| PIQA | 83.5% | — |
Math Qwen3 Max leads
Mistral Nemo: 25.5 (#268), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| MATH Level 5 | 10.8% | 97.1% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 73.3% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1446 |
| GSM8K | 84.2% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads
Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#298), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 29.9% | 72.6% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 48.7% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1455 |
| BoolQ | 82.5% | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Nemo: —, Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1429 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1478 |
| LMArena French | — | 1449 |
| LMArena German | — | 1463 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1399 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1462 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Nemo: —, Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1419 |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Nemo: —, Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 14.5% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1438 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads
Mistral Nemo: 28.5 (#296), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1439 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1402 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 881 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1446 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Nemo better than Qwen3 Max?
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 16× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3 Max's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Nemo or Qwen3 Max?
Mistral Nemo is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Max lists at $1.20 and $6.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3 Max does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Nemo and Qwen3 Max share?
4 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Nemo has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.