# Mistral Large 3 vs Qwen-14B

> Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-large-3-vs-qwen-14b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 10

## Summary

- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen-14B in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.2 to 27.8.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 38.6 | 30.8 |
| Rank | 172 | 273 |
| Context | 262K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.25 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.75 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Large 3: 34.1 (#230)
- Qwen-14B: 30.6 (#283)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | 1072 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Large 3: 14.6 (#314)
- Qwen-14B: 18.7 (#255)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | 1027 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 55% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 112.8 |
| LAMBADA | — | 71.1% |
| PIQA | — | 79.9% |

## Math

- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#131)
- Qwen-14B: 28.7 (#224)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1415 | 1068 |
| GSM8K | — | 61.3% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Large 3: 35.5 (#173)
- Qwen-14B: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 84.4% |
| BoolQ | — | 86.2% |
| MMLU | — | 66.3% |

## Multimodal

- Mistral Large 3: 37.6 (#65)
- Qwen-14B: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1222 | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Large 3: 52.6 (#79)
- Qwen-14B: 27.7 (#270)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1412 | 1042 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1448 | 1077 |
| LMArena French | 1456 | — |
| LMArena German | 1438 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1399 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1412 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1437 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Large 3: 74.1 (#104)
- Qwen-14B: 52.6 (#284)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1402 | 1031 |

## Long Context

- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#102)
- Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#276)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | 1029 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Large 3: 60.2 (#100)
- Qwen-14B: 27.8 (#294)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | 1051 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1385 | 1028 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | 1022 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Large 3 better than Qwen-14B?

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 30.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mistral Large 3 or Qwen-14B better for coding?

Mistral Large 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.1 versus 30.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Qwen-14B share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen-14B has 18.
