# Mistral Large 4 vs Qwen3.5 27B

> Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-large-4-vs-qwen3-5-27b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 14

## Summary

- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 4 scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen3.5 27B in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Mistral Large 4 leads 48.6 to 38.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 27.4% for Mistral Large 4 and 47.9% for Qwen3.5 27B.
- Qwen3.5 27B is cheaper at $0.30 / $2.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.68 / $2.09 for Mistral Large 4.
- Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
- Qwen3.5 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 41.9 |
| Rank | 99 | 127 |
| Context | 1.05M | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.68 | $0.30 |
| Output $/M | $2.09 | $2.40 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)
- Qwen3.5 27B: 38.9 (#168)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1541 | 1358 |
| LMArena Coding | 1475 | 1427 |
| WeirdML | — | 39.5% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 349.45 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Mistral Large 4: —
- Qwen3.5 27B: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 201.98 |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)
- Qwen3.5 27B: 27.5 (#117)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 27.4% | 47.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1444 | 1414 |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 45.5% |
| DTBench | — | 82.4% |
| LMCA | — | 34% |

## Math

- Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)
- Qwen3.5 27B: 38.8 (#127)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1488 | 1429 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 56.7% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)
- Qwen3.5 27B: 38.0 (#150)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | 1428 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 20% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 12.1% |

## Multimodal

- Mistral Large 4: —
- Qwen3.5 27B: 39.4 (#59)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1241 |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)
- Qwen3.5 27B: 50.8 (#115)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1415 | 1390 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1491 | 1478 |
| LMArena Russian | 1414 | 1390 |
| LMArena French | — | 1410 |
| LMArena German | — | 1393 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1345 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1358 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1407 |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)
- Qwen3.5 27B: 73.5 (#119)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1424 | 1393 |

## Long Context

- Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)
- Qwen3.5 27B: 43.1 (#106)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1429 | 1413 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)
- Qwen3.5 27B: 59.3 (#111)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3.5 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | 1409 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1361 | 1362 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1424 | 1410 |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Large 4 better than Qwen3.5 27B?

Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 4 or Qwen3.5 27B?

Qwen3.5 27B is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $2.40 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 4 lists at $0.68 and $2.09.

### Is Mistral Large 4 or Qwen3.5 27B better for coding?

Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 4 and Qwen3.5 27B share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 4 has 15 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 27B has 28.