Model comparison
Mistral Small 3 vs Qwen Turbo
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.9 to 26.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small 3 scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen Turbo in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 47.3% for Mistral Small 3 and 41.8% for Qwen Turbo.
- Mistral Small 3 is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.08 per million input/output tokens, against $0.05 / $0.20 for Qwen Turbo.
- Qwen Turbo accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 33K.
- Mistral Small 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3 | Qwen Turbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.9 | 26.8 |
| Released | 2025-01-30 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 33K | 1M |
| Max output | 16K | 16K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.08 | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 36.0 (#203), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.3% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1246 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 50.4% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 18.2 (#269), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1233 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.06 | — |
Math Too close to call
Mistral Small 3: 15.3 (#290), Qwen Turbo: 14.5 (#291)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 6.7% | 6.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1240 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 56.2% |
Knowledge Mistral Small 3 leads
Mistral Small 3: 25.0 (#258), Qwen Turbo: 22.2 (#267)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | 41.8% |
| Confabulations | 25.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1202 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 37.5 (#231), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1198 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1204 | — |
| LMArena French | 1202 | — |
| LMArena German | 1211 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1111 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1188 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1216 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 63.9 (#224), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1214 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#206), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1246 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 32.4 (#275), Qwen Turbo: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen Turbo |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1234 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1195 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 707 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1217 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small 3 better than Qwen Turbo?
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.9 to 26.8 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Small 3 or Qwen Turbo?
Mistral Small 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens; Qwen Turbo lists at $0.05 and $0.20.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen Turbo does, with 1M tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3 and Qwen Turbo share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Turbo has 3.