Model comparison
Mistral Small 3.1 vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 31.4 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 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.1 to 37.2.
- Mistral Small 3.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.4 | 44.7 |
| 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 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 37.7 (#175), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1309 | 1488 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 18.9 (#249), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1278 | 1483 |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.48 | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 13.7 (#295), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1261 | 1473 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 3.9% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 24.8% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#266), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1258 | 1489 |
| GPQA Diamond | 41.9% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 61% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.1: 32.6 (#93), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1136 | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 41.4 (#204), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1255 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1254 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1270 | 1483 |
| LMArena German | 1266 | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1210 | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | 1206 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1263 | 1472 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1283 | 1470 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 63.8 (#225), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1264 | 1467 |
| IFEval | 75% | — |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#172), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1300 | 1477 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 37.2 (#254), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1278 | 1471 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1253 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1270 | 1478 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 761 | — |
| WildBench | 78.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3.1 better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 31.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Small 3.1 or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 37.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.1 and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.1 has 28 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.