Model comparison
Mistral vs Qwen1.5-7B
Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen1.5-7B in 3 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen1.5-7B leads 28.7 to 16.6.
- Qwen1.5-7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral | Qwen1.5-7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 31.4 |
| Released | — | 2024-02-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 13 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral leads
Mistral: 33.8 (#250), Qwen1.5-7B: 32.2 (#276)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | 1107 |
Reasoning Mistral leads
Mistral: 22.2 (#200), Qwen1.5-7B: 20.4 (#240)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | 1065 |
Math Qwen1.5-7B leads
Mistral: 22.3 (#278), Qwen1.5-7B: 31.4 (#224)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1180 | 1080 |
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |
Knowledge Qwen1.5-7B leads
Mistral: 16.6 (#288), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.7 (#243)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | 1055 |
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |
| MMLU | — | 62.6% |
Multilingual Mistral leads
Mistral: 32.8 (#254), Qwen1.5-7B: 28.5 (#271)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | 1141 |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | 1006 |
| LMArena French | 1180 | — |
| LMArena German | 1155 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1013 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | — |
Instruction Following Qwen1.5-7B leads
Mistral: 52.6 (#288), Qwen1.5-7B: 54.1 (#281)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | 1058 |
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |
Long Context Mistral leads
Mistral: 35.0 (#245), Qwen1.5-7B: 33.1 (#266)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1153 | 1090 |
Writing & Preference Mistral leads
Mistral: 37.0 (#260), Qwen1.5-7B: 29.6 (#293)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen1.5-7B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | 1083 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | 1035 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | 1062 |
| WildBench | 66% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral better than Qwen1.5-7B?
Qwen1.5-7B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral or Qwen1.5-7B better for coding?
Mistral scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.8 versus 32.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral and Qwen1.5-7B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen1.5-7B has 13.