Model comparison

Pixtral Large vs Qwen2.5-Max

Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.7 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 0 shared benchmarks.

Pixtral Large

Mistral AI

32.2

Rank #259 Reported

Qwen2.5-Max

Alibaba (Qwen)

40.7

Rank #146 Confirmed

Summary

The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen2.5-Max leads 55.4 to 32.9.
Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Pixtral Large and Qwen2.5-Max specifications
	Pixtral Large	Qwen2.5-Max
Provider	Mistral AI	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	32.2	40.7
Released	2024-11-01	2025-01-25
Weights	Open	Proprietary
Context window	128K	—
Max output	128K	—
Input $ / M tokens	$2	—
Output $ / M tokens	$6	—
Results tracked	3	27

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Pixtral Large: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Pixtral Large	Qwen2.5-Max
LiveBench Coding	—	64.4%
LMArena Coding	—	1359

Reasoning Qwen2.5-Max leads

Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218), Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Pixtral Large	Qwen2.5-Max
EnigmaEval	0.8%	—
LiveBench Reasoning	—	51.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts	—	1360
LiveBench Data Analysis	—	67.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index	—	132.53
LiveBench	—	62.3%

Math Not comparable

Pixtral Large: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Pixtral Large	Qwen2.5-Max
LiveBench Math	—	58.4%
LMArena Math	—	1369

Knowledge Not comparable

Pixtral Large: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Pixtral Large	Qwen2.5-Max
Confabulations	—	21.8%
LMArena Expert	—	1337

Multimodal Not comparable

Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111), Qwen2.5-Max: —

Multimodal benchmarks
Benchmark	Pixtral Large	Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Vision	1089	—

Multilingual Not comparable

Pixtral Large: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Pixtral Large	Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Non-English	—	1352
LMArena Chinese	—	1382
LMArena French	—	1396
LMArena German	—	1350
LMArena Japanese	—	1300
LMArena Korean	—	1304
LMArena Russian	—	1353
LMArena Spanish	—	1377

Instruction Following Not comparable

Pixtral Large: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Pixtral Large	Qwen2.5-Max
LiveBench Instruction Following	—	75.3%
LMArena Instruction Following	—	1335

Long Context Not comparable

Pixtral Large: —, Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Pixtral Large	Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Longer Query	—	1358

Writing & Preference Qwen2.5-Max leads

Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Pixtral Large	Qwen2.5-Max
LMArena Text	—	1367
LMArena Creative Writing	—	1339
Short-Story Creative Writing	—	72.9%
EQ-Bench Creative Writing	988	—
LMArena Multi-Turn	—	1364
LiveBench Language	—	56.3%

Frequently asked questions

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