Model comparison
Mistral vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 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-VL 235B-A22B in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads 40.3 to 16.6.
- Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 43.2 |
| Released | — | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2.80 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Mistral: 33.8 (#250), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 42.4 (#100)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | 1439 |
Reasoning Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Mistral: 22.2 (#200), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 29.3 (#92)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | 1428 |
Math Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Mistral: 22.3 (#278), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.0 (#118)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1180 | 1426 |
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Mistral: 16.6 (#288), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 40.3 (#121)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | 1442 |
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.8 (#55)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1247 |
Multilingual Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Mistral: 32.8 (#254), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 51.9 (#97)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | 1405 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | 1463 |
| LMArena French | 1180 | 1452 |
| LMArena German | 1155 | 1424 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1013 | 1385 |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | 1394 |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | 1408 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | 1428 |
Instruction Following Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Mistral: 52.6 (#288), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.2 (#101)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | 1406 |
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |
Long Context Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Mistral: 35.0 (#245), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#98)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1153 | 1420 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B leads
Mistral: 37.0 (#260), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.2 (#99)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | 1420 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | 1366 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | 1428 |
| WildBench | 66% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better for coding?
Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.