Model comparison
Mistral vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 56.1 to 16.6.
Side by side
| Mistral | Qwen3.6 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 47.5 |
| Released | — | 2026-03-31 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1M |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $3 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Mistral: 33.8 (#250), Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | 1467 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 57.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1461 |
| SciCode | — | 40.7% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 670.15 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,115 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Mistral: 22.2 (#200), Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | 1449 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 60.3% |
| CritPt | — | 2.9% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 17% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 59.5% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 12% |
| DTBench | — | 81.9% |
| LMCA | — | 33.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 147.65 |
Math Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Mistral: 22.3 (#278), Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1180 | 1450 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 38.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 93.3% |
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 26.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 8.3% |
Knowledge Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Mistral: 16.6 (#288), Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | 1454 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 44.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Mistral: 32.8 (#254), Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | 1424 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | 1477 |
| LMArena French | 1180 | 1455 |
| LMArena German | 1155 | 1452 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1013 | 1389 |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | 1379 |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | 1432 |
Instruction Following Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Mistral: 52.6 (#288), Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | 1425 |
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |
Long Context Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Mistral: 35.0 (#245), Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1153 | 1439 |
| CL-bench | — | 20.3% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Mistral: 37.0 (#260), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | 1404 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | 1438 |
| WildBench | 66% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral better than Qwen3.6 Plus?
Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral or Qwen3.6 Plus better for coding?
Qwen3.6 Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.8 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral and Qwen3.6 Plus share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.