Model comparison
Mistral vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 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-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads 37.0 to 16.6.
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 38.1 |
| Released | — | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Mistral: 33.8 (#250), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | 1412 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1275 |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral: —, Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Mistral: 22.2 (#200), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | 1372 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
Math Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Mistral: 22.3 (#278), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1180 | 1365 |
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Mistral: 16.6 (#288), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | 1338 |
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Mistral: 32.8 (#254), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | 1346 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | 1357 |
| LMArena French | 1180 | 1398 |
| LMArena German | 1155 | 1325 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1013 | 1310 |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | 1305 |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | 1366 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | 1360 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Mistral: 52.6 (#288), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | 1355 |
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |
Long Context Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Mistral: 35.0 (#245), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1153 | 1378 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct leads
Mistral: 37.0 (#260), Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | 1357 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | 1365 |
| WildBench | 66% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.1 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?
Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct scores higher on coding benchmarks: 35.5 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.