Model comparison
Mistral vs Qwen3 Coder Next
Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- Qwen3 Coder Next has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral | Qwen3 Coder Next | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 34.3 |
| Released | — | 2026-02-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.12 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.80 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Coder Next leads
Mistral: 33.8 (#250), Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 32.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | — |
Reasoning Too close to call
Mistral: 22.2 (#200), Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | — |
Math Not comparable
Mistral: 22.3 (#278), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1180 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mistral: 16.6 (#288), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral: 32.8 (#254), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral: 35.0 (#245), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1153 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mistral: 37.0 (#260), Qwen3 Coder Next: —
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | — |
| WildBench | 66% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral better than Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen3 Coder Next is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.3 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?
Qwen3 Coder Next scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.3 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral and Qwen3 Coder Next share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.