# Mistral Large 3 vs Qwen Max

> Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 34.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-large-3-vs-qwen-max
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen Max in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Large 3 leads 36.0 to 21.0.
- Mistral Large 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.75 per million input/output tokens, against $1.60 / $6.40 for Qwen Max.
- Mistral Large 3 accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 33K.
- Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 38.6 | 34.4 |
| Rank | 172 | 226 |
| Context | 262K | 33K |
| Input $/M | $0.25 | $1.60 |
| Output $/M | $0.75 | $6.40 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Mistral Large 3: 34.1 (#230)
- Qwen Max: 30.3 (#288)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | 1288 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Large 3: 14.6 (#314)
- Qwen Max: 24.1 (#154)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | 1270 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |

## Math

- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#131)
- Qwen Max: 21.0 (#272)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1415 | 1275 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.1% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 67.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Large 3: 35.5 (#173)
- Qwen Max: 30.3 (#222)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | 1248 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |

## Multimodal

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

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1222 | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Large 3: 52.6 (#79)
- Qwen Max: 42.0 (#197)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1412 | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1448 | 1254 |
| LMArena French | 1456 | 1329 |
| LMArena German | 1438 | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1399 | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | 1141 |
| LMArena Russian | 1412 | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1437 | 1290 |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Large 3: 74.1 (#104)
- Qwen Max: 66.7 (#203)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1402 | 1262 |

## Long Context

- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#102)
- Qwen Max: 39.4 (#175)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | 1289 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Large 3: 60.2 (#100)
- Qwen Max: 48.0 (#200)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1385 | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | 1277 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Large 3 better than Qwen Max?

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 34.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 3 or Qwen Max?

Mistral Large 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens; Qwen Max lists at $1.60 and $6.40.

### Is Mistral Large 3 or Qwen Max better for coding?

Mistral Large 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.1 versus 30.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 3 does, with 262K tokens against 33K.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Qwen Max share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.