Model comparison
Mistral vs Qwen3 Max
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 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 Max in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 to 16.6.
Side by side
| Mistral | Qwen3 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 43.7 |
| Released | — | 2025-09-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.20 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $6 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 33 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3 Max leads
Mistral: 33.8 (#250), Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | 1456 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 370.45 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral: —, Qwen3 Max: —
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 71.56 |
Reasoning Too close to call
Mistral: 22.2 (#200), Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | 1448 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 72.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 30.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 5% |
| DTBench | — | 82.1% |
| LMCA | — | 28.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 142.38 |
Math Qwen3 Max leads
Mistral: 22.3 (#278), Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1180 | 1446 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 73.3% |
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 97.1% |
Knowledge Qwen3 Max leads
Mistral: 16.6 (#288), Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | 1455 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 72.6% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 48.7% |
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |
Multilingual Qwen3 Max leads
Mistral: 32.8 (#254), Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | 1429 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | 1478 |
| LMArena French | 1180 | 1449 |
| LMArena German | 1155 | 1463 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1013 | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | 1399 |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | 1462 |
Instruction Following Qwen3 Max leads
Mistral: 52.6 (#288), Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | 1419 |
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |
Long Context Qwen3 Max leads
Mistral: 35.0 (#245), Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1153 | 1438 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 14.5% |
Writing & Preference Qwen3 Max leads
Mistral: 37.0 (#260), Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | 1439 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | 1402 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | 1446 |
| WildBench | 66% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral better than Qwen3 Max?
Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral or Qwen3 Max better for coding?
Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral and Qwen3 Max share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.