# Mistral Large 3 vs Qwen3.5 Plus

> Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 3 costs 2.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.5 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-large-3-vs-qwen3-5-plus
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.5 Plus in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5 Plus leads 32.0 to 14.6.
- Mistral Large 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.75 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2.40 for Qwen3.5 Plus.
- Qwen3.5 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
- Mistral Large 3 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 38.6 | 42.3 |
| Rank | 172 | 103 |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Input $/M | $0.25 | $0.40 |
| Output $/M | $0.75 | $2.40 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Mistral Large 3: 34.1 (#230)
- Qwen3.5 Plus: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 621.92 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Mistral Large 3: —
- Qwen3.5 Plus: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 0.54 |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Large 3: 14.6 (#314)
- Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.0 (#67)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 17% |
| DTBench | — | 80.5% |
| LMCA | — | 36.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.79 |

## Math

- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#131)
- Qwen3.5 Plus: 47.9 (#55)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| LMArena Math | 1415 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 21% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 2.1% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Large 3: 35.5 (#173)
- Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#78)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | 10.7% |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 25.4% |
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | — |

## Multimodal

- Mistral Large 3: 37.6 (#65)
- Qwen3.5 Plus: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1222 | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Large 3: 52.6 (#79)
- Qwen3.5 Plus: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1412 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1448 | — |
| 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)
- Qwen3.5 Plus: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1402 | — |

## Long Context

- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#102)
- Qwen3.5 Plus: 42.9 (#109)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 19.8% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 12.4% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Large 3: 60.2 (#100)
- Qwen3.5 Plus: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1385 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Large 3 better than Qwen3.5 Plus?

Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.3 to 38.6 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 3 costs 2.4× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.5 Plus's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 3 or Qwen3.5 Plus?

Mistral Large 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5 Plus lists at $0.40 and $2.40.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.5 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 262K.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Qwen3.5 Plus share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Plus has 15.