Model comparison
Mistral Small 3.1 vs Qwen1.5-72B
Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen1.5-72B in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen1.5-72B leads 30.7 to 13.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 41.9% for Mistral Small 3.1 and 28.8% for Qwen1.5-72B.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5-72B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 30.3 |
| Released | 2025-03-17 | 2024-02-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 102K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.35 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.56 | — |
| Results tracked | 28 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 37.7 (#175), Qwen1.5-72B: 31.4 (#272)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1309 | 1166 |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 33.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 40.3% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 59.1% |
| MBPP+ | — | 61.6% |
Reasoning Qwen1.5-72B leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 18.9 (#249), Qwen1.5-72B: 21.2 (#201)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1278 | 1148 |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.48 | — |
Math Qwen1.5-72B leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 13.7 (#295), Qwen1.5-72B: 30.7 (#205)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1261 | 1164 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 3.9% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 24.8% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#266), Qwen1.5-72B: 11.5 (#295)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 41.9% | 28.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1258 | 1136 |
| MMLU-Pro | 61% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.1: 32.6 (#93), Qwen1.5-72B: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1136 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 41.4 (#204), Qwen1.5-72B: 33.4 (#248)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1255 | 1135 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1254 | 1186 |
| LMArena French | 1270 | 1158 |
| LMArena German | 1266 | 1084 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1210 | 1061 |
| LMArena Korean | 1206 | 1049 |
| LMArena Russian | 1263 | 1104 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1283 | 1110 |
Instruction Following Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 63.8 (#225), Qwen1.5-72B: 59.6 (#251)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1264 | 1142 |
| IFEval | 75% | — |
Long Context Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#172), Qwen1.5-72B: 35.0 (#238)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1300 | 1157 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Mistral Small 3.1: 37.2 (#254), Qwen1.5-72B: 37.4 (#253)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen1.5-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1278 | 1166 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1253 | 1137 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1270 | 1160 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 761 | — |
| WildBench | 78.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3.1 better than Qwen1.5-72B?
Mistral Small 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 30.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Small 3.1 or Qwen1.5-72B better for coding?
Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 37.7 versus 31.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.1 and Qwen1.5-72B share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.1 has 28 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-72B has 22.