Model comparison
Mistral Small 3.1 vs Qwen1.5 4b Chat
Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.7 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen1.5 4b Chat in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in multilingual, where Mistral Small 3.1 leads 41.2 to 24.1.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.7 | 28.8 |
| Released | 2025-03-17 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 102K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.35 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.56 | — |
| Results tracked | 28 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 38.3 (#179), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 29.1 (#308)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1309 | 999 |
Reasoning Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 19.7 (#254), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 18.5 (#279)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1278 | 976 |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.48 | — |
Math Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 14.7 (#301), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.4 (#234)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1262 | 1026 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 3.9% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 24.8% | — |
Knowledge Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#271), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.7 (#255)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1257 | 980 |
| GPQA Diamond | 41.9% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 61% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.1: 33.2 (#99), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1136 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 41.2 (#209), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.1 (#290)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1255 | 979 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1253 | 1024 |
| LMArena German | 1266 | 902 |
| LMArena Russian | 1263 | 952 |
| LMArena French | 1273 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1283 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 63.6 (#230), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.0 (#300)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1264 | 978 |
| IFEval | 75% | — |
Long Context Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#178), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#290)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1299 | 988 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 37.0 (#259), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.8 (#309)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1277 | 997 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1253 | 969 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1270 | 977 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 761 | — |
| WildBench | 78.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3.1 better than Qwen1.5 4b Chat?
Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.7 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Small 3.1 or Qwen1.5 4b Chat better for coding?
Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.3 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.1 and Qwen1.5 4b Chat share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.1 has 28 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13.