Model comparison

Mistral Nemo vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 8.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 12, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Mistral Nemo

Mistral AI

26.4

Rank #337 Confirmed

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B

Alibaba (Qwen)

43.2

Rank #95 Confirmed

Summary

The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads 60.2 to 28.5.
Mistral Nemo is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $0.70 / $2.80 for Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B.
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B accepts more context: 131K tokens versus 128K.

Side by side

Mistral Nemo and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B specifications
	Mistral Nemo	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
Provider	Mistral AI	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	26.4	43.2
Released	2024-07-01	2025-04
Weights	Open	Open
Context window	128K	131K
Max output	128K	33K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.15	$0.70
Output $ / M tokens	$0.15	$2.80
Results tracked	10	18

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Mistral Nemo: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 42.4 (#100)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Nemo	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Coding	—	1439

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#125), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Nemo	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard	27.6%	—
BALROG	17.6%	—

Reasoning Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Mistral Nemo: 20.7 (#232), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 29.3 (#92)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Nemo	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1428
DTBench	48.6%	—
Epoch Capabilities Index	118.68	—
PIQA	83.5%	—

Math Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Mistral Nemo: 25.5 (#268), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.0 (#118)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Nemo	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Math	—	1426
MATH Level 5	10.8%	—
GSM8K	84.2%	—

Knowledge Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#298), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 40.3 (#121)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Nemo	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
GPQA Diamond	29.9%	—
LMArena Expert	—	1442
BoolQ	82.5%	—

Multimodal Not comparable

Mistral Nemo: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.8 (#55)

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Nemo	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Vision	—	1247

Multilingual Not comparable

Mistral Nemo: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 51.9 (#97)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Nemo	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Non-English	—	1405
LMArena Chinese	—	1463
LMArena French	—	1452
LMArena German	—	1424
LMArena Japanese	—	1385
LMArena Korean	—	1394
LMArena Russian	—	1408
LMArena Spanish	—	1428

Instruction Following Not comparable

Mistral Nemo: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.2 (#101)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Nemo	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1406

Long Context Not comparable

Mistral Nemo: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#98)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Nemo	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Longer Query	—	1420

Writing & Preference Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads

Mistral Nemo: 28.5 (#296), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.2 (#99)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Nemo	Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Text	—	1420
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1366
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	881	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1428

Frequently asked questions

Is Mistral Nemo better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Which is cheaper, Mistral Nemo or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Mistral Nemo is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B lists at $0.70 and $2.80.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B does, with 131K tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Mistral Nemo and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Nemo has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.