Model comparison
Mistral vs Qwen Plus
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Qwen Plus leads 68.8 to 52.6.
Side by side
| Mistral | Qwen Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 37.1 |
| Released | — | 2024-01-25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 20 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen Plus leads
Mistral: 33.8 (#250), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | 1328 |
Reasoning Qwen Plus leads
Mistral: 22.2 (#200), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | 1317 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |
Math Qwen Plus leads
Mistral: 22.3 (#278), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1180 | 1326 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |
Knowledge Qwen Plus leads
Mistral: 16.6 (#288), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | 1328 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 48.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |
Multilingual Qwen Plus leads
Mistral: 32.8 (#254), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1013 | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | 1323 |
| LMArena French | 1180 | — |
| LMArena German | 1155 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | — |
Instruction Following Qwen Plus leads
Mistral: 52.6 (#288), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | 1303 |
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |
Long Context Qwen Plus leads
Mistral: 35.0 (#245), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1153 | 1324 |
Writing & Preference Qwen Plus leads
Mistral: 37.0 (#260), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | 1336 |
| WildBench | 66% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral better than Qwen Plus?
Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 37.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral or Qwen Plus better for coding?
Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral and Qwen Plus share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.