# Mistral Large 3 vs Qwen3.8 27B

> Qwen3.8 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.0 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 3 costs 1.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.8 27B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-large-3-vs-qwen3-8-27b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 21

## Summary

- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 3 scores higher in 1 category and Qwen3.8 27B in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.8 27B leads 41.0 to 15.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 7.5% for Mistral Large 3 and 54.5% for Qwen3.8 27B.
- Mistral Large 3 is cheaper at $0.25 / $0.75 per million input/output tokens, against $0.04 / $2.30 for Qwen3.8 27B.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 46.0 |
| Rank | 176 | 68 |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.25 | $0.04 |
| Output $/M | $0.75 | $2.30 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)
- Qwen3.8 27B: 50.5 (#44)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | 1593 |
| LMArena Coding | 1448 | 1482 |
| SciCode | — | 46.6% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Mistral Large 3: —
- Qwen3.8 27B: 32.9 (#57)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 47.5% |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)
- Qwen3.8 27B: 41.0 (#54)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | 54.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | 1460 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | — | 42.4% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | — | 87.5% |
| CritPt | — | 5.4% |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |
| DTBench | — | 88% |
| LMCA | — | 41.4% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 45% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 149.38 |

## Math

- Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)
- Qwen3.8 27B: 37.1 (#161)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1414 | 1456 |
| ProofBench | — | 16% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)
- Qwen3.8 27B: 41.6 (#109)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | 1482 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |

## Multimodal

- Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)
- Qwen3.8 27B: 41.3 (#37)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1221 | 1271 |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)
- Qwen3.8 27B: 53.7 (#60)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1413 | 1430 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1447 | 1504 |
| LMArena French | 1455 | 1465 |
| LMArena German | 1437 | 1438 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1394 | 1384 |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | 1393 |
| LMArena Russian | 1411 | 1415 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1440 | 1448 |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)
- Qwen3.8 27B: 75.8 (#53)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | 1439 |

## Long Context

- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)
- Qwen3.8 27B: 44.3 (#70)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | 1450 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)
- Qwen3.8 27B: 65.8 (#43)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3.8 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | 1441 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1386 | 1384 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | 1671 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | 1441 |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Large 3 better than Qwen3.8 27B?

Qwen3.8 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 46.0 to 39.1 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Large 3 costs 1.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Qwen3.8 27B's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 3 or Qwen3.8 27B?

Mistral Large 3 is cheaper. It lists at $0.25 per million input tokens and $0.75 per million output tokens; Qwen3.8 27B lists at $0.04 and $2.30.

### Is Mistral Large 3 or Qwen3.8 27B better for coding?

Qwen3.8 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.5 versus 34.4 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 262K tokens.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 3 and Qwen3.8 27B share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 27B has 31.