Model comparison
Mistral Small 3.1 vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper at $0.12 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $0.35 / $0.56 for Mistral Small 3.1.
- Qwen3 Coder Next accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen3 Coder Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.7 | 34.3 |
| Released | 2025-03-17 | 2026-02-02 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Max output | 102K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.35 | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.56 | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 28 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small 3.1 leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 38.3 (#179), Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 32.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1309 | — |
Reasoning Qwen3 Coder Next leads
Mistral Small 3.1: 19.7 (#254), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1278 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.48 | — |
Math Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.1: 14.7 (#301), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 3.9% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 24.8% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1262 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#271), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 41.9% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 61% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1257 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.1: 33.2 (#99), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1136 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.1: 41.2 (#209), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1255 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1253 | — |
| LMArena French | 1273 | — |
| LMArena German | 1266 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1208 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1206 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1263 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1283 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.1: 63.6 (#230), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 75% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1264 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#178), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1299 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.1: 37.0 (#259), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1277 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1253 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 761 | — |
| WildBench | 78.8% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1270 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3.1 better than Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Small 3.1 or Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper. It lists at $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; Mistral Small 3.1 lists at $0.35 and $0.56.
Is Mistral Small 3.1 or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?
Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.3 versus 36.3 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3 Coder Next does, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.1 and Qwen3 Coder Next share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.1 has 28 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.