Model comparison
Mistral vs Qwen3.5 Plus
Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.5 Plus leads 46.0 to 16.6.
Side by side
| Mistral | Qwen3.5 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 42.9 |
| Released | — | 2026-02-16 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.40 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral: 33.8 (#250), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 621.92 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral: —, Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 0.54 |
Reasoning Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Mistral: 22.2 (#200), Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.8 (#74)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 17% |
| DTBench | — | 80.5% |
| LMCA | — | 36.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.78 |
Math Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Mistral: 22.3 (#278), Qwen3.5 Plus: 49.6 (#61)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1180 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 21% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 2.1% |
Knowledge Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Mistral: 16.6 (#288), Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#83)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 25.4% |
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.7% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral: 32.8 (#254), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | — |
| LMArena French | 1180 | — |
| LMArena German | 1155 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1013 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral: 52.6 (#288), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | — |
Long Context Qwen3.5 Plus leads
Mistral: 35.0 (#245), Qwen3.5 Plus: 43.0 (#113)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 19.8% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 12.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1153 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mistral: 37.0 (#260), Qwen3.5 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | — |
| WildBench | 66% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral better than Qwen3.5 Plus?
Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Mistral and Qwen3.5 Plus share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Plus has 15.