Model comparison
Mistral Small 3.1 vs Qwen2.5 Plus 1127
Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 in 7 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads 36.1 to 14.7.
- Mistral Small 3.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.7 | 38.8 |
| Released | 2025-03-17 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 102K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.35 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.56 | — |
| Results tracked | 28 | 14 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Mistral Small 3.1: 38.3 (#179), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 38.5 (#175)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1309 | 1314 |
Reasoning Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 19.7 (#254), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 25.9 (#141)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1278 | 1299 |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.48 | — |
Math Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 14.7 (#301), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 36.1 (#174)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1262 | 1298 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 3.9% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 24.8% | — |
Knowledge Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#271), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 35.5 (#183)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1257 | 1289 |
| GPQA Diamond | 41.9% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 61% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.1: 33.2 (#99), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1136 | — |
Multilingual Too close to call
Mistral Small 3.1: 41.2 (#209), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 41.9 (#201)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1255 | 1265 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1253 | 1314 |
| LMArena German | 1266 | 1231 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1208 | 1207 |
| LMArena Russian | 1263 | 1271 |
| LMArena French | 1273 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1283 | — |
Instruction Following Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 63.6 (#230), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 67.2 (#199)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1264 | 1275 |
| IFEval | 75% | — |
Long Context Too close to call
Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#178), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 39.2 (#184)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1299 | 1292 |
Writing & Preference Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 37.0 (#259), Qwen2.5 Plus 1127: 49.4 (#192)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1277 | 1299 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1253 | 1262 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1270 | 1299 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 761 | — |
| WildBench | 78.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3.1 better than Qwen2.5 Plus 1127?
Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.8 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Small 3.1 or Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (38.3 vs 38.5); test both on your own repository before choosing.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.1 and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.1 has 28 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 Plus 1127 has 14.