Model comparison
Mistral Small 3 vs Qwen3-1.7B
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.9 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small 3 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3-1.7B in 2 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mistral Small 3 leads 25.0 to 19.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 47.3% for Mistral Small 3 and 38% for Qwen3-1.7B.
Side by side
| Mistral Small 3 | Qwen3-1.7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 30.9 | 26.2 |
| Released | 2025-01-30 | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 33K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.08 | — |
| Results tracked | 24 | 4 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 36.0 (#203), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 45.3% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1246 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 50.4% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: —, Qwen3-1.7B: 24.5 (#108)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.4% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Mistral Small 3: 18.2 (#269), Qwen3-1.7B: 18.5 (#263)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1233 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.06 | — |
Math Too close to call
Mistral Small 3: 15.3 (#290), Qwen3-1.7B: 15.4 (#288)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 6.7% | 8.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1240 | — |
Knowledge Mistral Small 3 leads
Mistral Small 3: 25.0 (#258), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#273)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | 38% |
| Confabulations | 25.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1202 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 37.5 (#231), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| 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), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1214 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 37.8 (#206), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1246 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mistral Small 3: 32.4 (#275), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Qwen3-1.7B?
Mistral Small 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 30.9 to 26.2 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3 and Qwen3-1.7B share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.