Model comparison
Mistral Small 3.2 vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 66.0 to 45.0.
- Mistral Small 3.2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3.2 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.2 | 45.3 |
| Released | 2025-06-20 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 256K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0938 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.25 | — |
| Results tracked | 6 | 17 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 44.0 (#77)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | — | 1487 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 18.1 (#287), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 30.8 (#84)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 40.4% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1483 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 131.74 | — |
Math Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 26.3 (#260), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 40.1 (#94)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 30.3% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1474 |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 26.7 (#256), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.8 (#107)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 49.1% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1489 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.2 (#22)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1534 |
| LMArena French | — | 1484 |
| LMArena German | — | 1487 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1495 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1471 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1470 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.0 (#31)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1467 |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Small 3.2: —, Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#45)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1476 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads
Mistral Small 3.2: 45.0 (#224), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.0 (#41)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.2 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1470 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1464 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1255 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1478 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3.2 better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?
Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.3 to 31.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.2 and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.2 has 6 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.