# Mistral Large 3 vs Qwen3 Coder Next

> Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-large-3-vs-qwen3-coder-next
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3 Coder Next leads 22.4 to 15.2.
- Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper at $0.12 / $0.80 per million input/output tokens, against $0.25 / $0.75 for Mistral Large 3.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.1 | 34.3 |
| Rank | 176 | 232 |
| Context | 262K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.25 | $0.12 |
| Output $/M | $0.75 | $0.80 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Large 3: 34.4 (#237)
- Qwen3 Coder Next: 36.3 (#210)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1230 | — |
| SciCode | — | 32.3% |
| WeirdML | — | 34.4% |
| LMArena Coding | 1448 | — |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Large 3: 15.2 (#319)
- Qwen3 Coder Next: 22.4 (#196)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 50.9% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 7.5% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Thematic Generalization | 23% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1429 | — |

## Math

- Mistral Large 3: 38.7 (#129)
- Qwen3 Coder Next: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1414 | — |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Large 3: 36.0 (#177)
- Qwen3 Coder Next: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 14.5% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1421 | — |

## Multimodal

- Mistral Large 3: 38.2 (#66)
- Qwen3 Coder Next: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1221 | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Large 3: 52.5 (#84)
- Qwen3 Coder Next: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1413 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1447 | — |
| LMArena French | 1455 | — |
| LMArena German | 1437 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1394 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1384 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1411 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1440 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Large 3: 74.0 (#108)
- Qwen3 Coder Next: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1403 | — |

## Long Context

- Mistral Large 3: 43.1 (#105)
- Qwen3 Coder Next: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1413 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Large 3: 60.0 (#101)
- Qwen3 Coder Next: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 | Qwen3 Coder Next |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1428 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1386 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1412 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1429 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Large 3 better than Qwen3 Coder Next?

Mistral Large 3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.1 to 34.3 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 3 or Qwen3 Coder Next?

Qwen3 Coder Next is cheaper. It lists at $0.12 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 3 lists at $0.25 and $0.75.

### Is Mistral Large 3 or Qwen3 Coder Next better for coding?

Qwen3 Coder Next scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.3 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 Coder Next share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 3 has 24 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Coder Next has 3.