Model comparison
Mistral Small vs Qwen1.5 4b Chat
Mistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen1.5 4b Chat in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Small leads 52.5 to 23.8.
Side by side
| Mistral Small | Qwen1.5 4b Chat | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 33.4 | 28.8 |
| Released | 2024-02-26 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 256K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.60 | — |
| Results tracked | 39 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Small leads
Mistral Small: 34.0 (#247), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 29.1 (#308)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1362 | 999 |
| SciCode | 26.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 36.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 36.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 46.6% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 497.62 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Small: 28.1 (#93), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 37.1% | — |
Reasoning Mistral Small leads
Mistral Small: 19.8 (#250), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 18.5 (#279)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1335 | 976 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.8% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 44.8% | — |
| DTBench | 70.9% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 53.7% | — |
| LMCA | 20.6% | — |
| LiveBench | 44% | — |
Math Qwen1.5 4b Chat leads
Mistral Small: 16.4 (#293), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.4 (#234)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1341 | 1026 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 5.8% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 39.9% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 46.8% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Small leads
Mistral Small: 31.0 (#222), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 26.7 (#255)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1291 | 980 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.1% | — |
| MMLU | 68.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Small: 33.5 (#96), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1142 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Small leads
Mistral Small: 45.5 (#169), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 24.1 (#290)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1315 | 979 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1340 | 1024 |
| LMArena German | 1340 | 902 |
| LMArena Russian | 1324 | 952 |
| LMArena French | 1337 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1275 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1259 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1346 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Small leads
Mistral Small: 66.4 (#209), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 49.0 (#300)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1310 | 978 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 63.7% | — |
Long Context Mistral Small leads
Mistral Small: 40.4 (#156), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 30.1 (#290)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1327 | 988 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Small leads
Mistral Small: 52.5 (#171), Qwen1.5 4b Chat: 23.8 (#309)
| Benchmark | Mistral Small | Qwen1.5 4b Chat |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1338 | 997 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1305 | 969 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1344 | 977 |
| LiveBench Language | 30.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Small better than Qwen1.5 4b Chat?
Mistral Small is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.4 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Small or Qwen1.5 4b Chat better for coding?
Mistral Small scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.0 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Small and Qwen1.5 4b Chat share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small has 39 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5 4b Chat has 13.