# Mistral Large 3 vs Qwen Plus

> Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-large-3-vs-qwen-plus
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 14

## Summary

- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen Plus in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Large 3 leads 38.7 to 23.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Kagi LLM Benchmark: 50.9% for Mistral Large 3 and 63.3% for Qwen Plus.
- Mistral Large 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.75 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $1.20 for Qwen Plus.
- Qwen Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 37.1 |
| Rank | 176 | 210 |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Input $/M | $0.25 | $0.40 |
| Output $/M | $0.75 | $1.20 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)
- Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1448 | 1328 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)
- Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | 63.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | 1317 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |

## Math

- Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)
- Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1414 | 1326 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)
- Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | 1328 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 48.1% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |

## Multimodal

- Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)
- Qwen Plus: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1221 | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)
- Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1413 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1447 | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1394 | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | 1411 | 1323 |
| LMArena French | 1455 | — |
| LMArena German | 1437 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1440 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)
- Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | 1303 |

## Long Context

- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)
- Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | 1324 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)
- Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1386 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | 1336 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |

## FAQ

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

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index.

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

Mistral Large 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens; Qwen Plus lists at $0.40 and $1.20.

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

Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen Plus does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

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

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.