Model comparison
Mistral Small 3.1 vs Qwen1.5-110B
Qwen1.5-110B is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.2 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen1.5-110B in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen1.5-110B leads 33.7 to 14.7.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5-110B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.7 | 34.2 |
| Released | 2025-03-17 | 2024-04-25 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 102K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.35 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.56 | — |
| Results tracked | 28 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 38.3 (#179), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.0 (#264)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1309 | 1184 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 35% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 44.4% |
Reasoning Qwen1.5-110B leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 19.7 (#254), Qwen1.5-110B: 22.7 (#189)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1278 | 1168 |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.48 | — |
| ForecastBench | — | 57.7 |
Math Qwen1.5-110B leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 14.7 (#301), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.7 (#201)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1262 | 1185 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 3.9% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 24.8% | — |
Knowledge Qwen1.5-110B leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#271), Qwen1.5-110B: 31.2 (#219)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1257 | 1144 |
| GPQA Diamond | 41.9% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 61% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.1: 33.2 (#99), Qwen1.5-110B: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1136 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 41.2 (#209), Qwen1.5-110B: 33.6 (#250)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1255 | 1142 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1253 | 1206 |
| LMArena French | 1273 | 1151 |
| LMArena German | 1266 | 1123 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1208 | 1074 |
| LMArena Korean | 1206 | 1044 |
| LMArena Russian | 1263 | 1118 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1283 | 1142 |
Instruction Following Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 63.6 (#230), Qwen1.5-110B: 60.3 (#252)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1264 | 1158 |
| IFEval | 75% | — |
Long Context Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#178), Qwen1.5-110B: 35.1 (#242)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1299 | 1157 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Mistral Small 3.1: 37.0 (#259), Qwen1.5-110B: 38.0 (#255)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5-110B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1277 | 1175 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1253 | 1148 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1270 | 1160 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 761 | — |
| WildBench | 78.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3.1 better than Qwen1.5-110B?
Qwen1.5-110B is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.2 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Small 3.1 or Qwen1.5-110B better for coding?
Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.3 versus 33.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.1 and Qwen1.5-110B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.1 has 28 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-110B has 20.