# Devstral 2 vs Qwen3.8 Max

> Qwen3.8 Max has enough public results to be ranked (#22); Devstral 2 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/devstral-2-vs-qwen3-8-max
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Devstral 2 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.8 Max in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 53.5 to 33.2.
- Devstral 2 is cheaper at $0.40 / $2 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Qwen3.8 Max.
- Qwen3.8 Max accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Devstral 2 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Devstral 2 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 36.1 | 56.8 |
| Rank | — | 22 |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Input $/M | $0.40 | $2 |
| Output $/M | $2 | $6 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Devstral 2: 33.2 (#261)
- Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29)

| Benchmark | Devstral 2 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1197 | 1674 |
| DeepSWE | — | 57.5% |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 53.8% | — |
| FrontierSWE | — | 17.8% |
| SciCode | — | 53.2% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1502 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Devstral 2: —
- Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14)

| Benchmark | Devstral 2 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 63.3% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 55.1% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 23.2% |

## Reasoning

- Devstral 2: —
- Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26)

| Benchmark | Devstral 2 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 88.3% |
| CritPt | — | 20% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 40% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1496 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 38% |
| DTBench | — | 92% |
| LMCA | — | 46.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 156.41 |

## Math

- Devstral 2: —
- Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20)

| Benchmark | Devstral 2 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 74.7% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 46.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 100% |
| ProofBench | — | 58% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1499 |

## Knowledge

- Devstral 2: —
- Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27)

| Benchmark | Devstral 2 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 92.7% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 47.3% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1507 |

## Multimodal

- Devstral 2: —
- Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75)

| Benchmark | Devstral 2 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1314 |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 20% |

## Multilingual

- Devstral 2: —
- Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18)

| Benchmark | Devstral 2 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1472 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1538 |
| LMArena French | — | 1503 |
| LMArena German | — | 1483 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1467 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1461 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1481 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1492 |

## Instruction Following

- Devstral 2: —
- Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17)

| Benchmark | Devstral 2 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1479 |

## Long Context

- Devstral 2: —
- Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31)

| Benchmark | Devstral 2 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1489 |

## Writing & Preference

- Devstral 2: —
- Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30)

| Benchmark | Devstral 2 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1483 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1479 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1489 |

## FAQ

### Is Devstral 2 better than Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max has enough public results to be ranked (#22); Devstral 2 does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Which is cheaper, Devstral 2 or Qwen3.8 Max?

Devstral 2 is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens; Qwen3.8 Max lists at $2 and $6.

### Is Devstral 2 or Qwen3.8 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.8 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.5 versus 33.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.8 Max does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

### How many benchmarks do Devstral 2 and Qwen3.8 Max share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Devstral 2 has 2 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 Max has 39.