# Mistral Large 3 vs Qwen2-72B

> Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-large-3-vs-qwen2-72b
- 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 Qwen2-72B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Large 3 leads 60.2 to 41.0.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 38.6 | 29.5 |
| Rank | 172 | 294 |
| Context | 262K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.25 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.75 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Large 3: 34.1 (#230)
- Qwen2-72B: 28.7 (#303)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | 1196 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |
| WeirdML | — | 11.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 38.5% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Mistral Large 3: —
- Qwen2-72B: 16.9 (#138)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| TheAgentCompany | — | 1.1% |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 29.9% |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Large 3: 14.6 (#314)
- Qwen2-72B: 22.2 (#184)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | 1191 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 125.27 |

## Math

- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#131)
- Qwen2-72B: 27.9 (#232)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1415 | 1235 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 39.1% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Large 3: 35.5 (#173)
- Qwen2-72B: 21.2 (#270)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | 1171 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 40.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |
| MMLU | — | 82.4% |

## Multimodal

- Mistral Large 3: 37.6 (#65)
- Qwen2-72B: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1222 | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Large 3: 52.6 (#79)
- Qwen2-72B: 36.0 (#239)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1412 | 1176 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1448 | 1240 |
| LMArena French | 1456 | 1169 |
| LMArena German | 1438 | 1151 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1399 | 1111 |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | 1083 |
| LMArena Russian | 1412 | 1169 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1437 | 1168 |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Large 3: 74.1 (#104)
- Qwen2-72B: 62.0 (#236)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1402 | 1181 |

## Long Context

- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#102)
- Qwen2-72B: 36.1 (#230)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | 1193 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Large 3: 60.2 (#100)
- Qwen2-72B: 41.0 (#236)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen2-72B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | 1203 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1385 | 1181 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | 1195 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Large 3 better than Qwen2-72B?

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 38.6 to 29.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mistral Large 3 or Qwen2-72B better for coding?

Mistral Large 3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 34.1 versus 28.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Qwen2-72B share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2-72B has 26.