# Mistral Large 4 vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct

> Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-large-4-vs-qwen3-coder-480b-a35b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 13

## Summary

- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 4 scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Mistral Large 4 leads 48.6 to 35.5.
- Mistral Large 4 is cheaper at $0.68 / $2.09 per million input/output tokens, against $1.50 / $7.50 for Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct.
- Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 262K.
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 43.1 | 38.1 |
| Rank | 99 | 190 |
| Context | 1.05M | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.68 | $1.50 |
| Output $/M | $2.09 | $7.50 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 35.5 (#223)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1541 | 1275 |
| LMArena Coding | 1475 | 1412 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | — | 55.4% |
| GSO | — | 4.9% |
| WeirdML | — | 41.2% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 461.45 |
| AlgoTune | — | 1.44 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Mistral Large 4: —
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 23.9 (#123)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | — | 27.2% |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 25.5 (#149)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1444 | 1372 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 49.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 27.4% | — |

## Math

- Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.6 (#150)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1488 | 1365 |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 37.0 (#162)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | 1338 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 20% | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 47.7 (#148)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1415 | 1346 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1491 | 1357 |
| LMArena Russian | 1414 | 1366 |
| LMArena French | — | 1398 |
| LMArena German | — | 1325 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1310 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1305 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1360 |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 71.6 (#147)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1424 | 1355 |

## Long Context

- Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 42.0 (#131)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1429 | 1378 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct: 55.3 (#147)

| Benchmark | Mistral Large 4 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1427 | 1357 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1361 | 1333 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1424 | 1365 |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Large 4 better than Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 38.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 4 or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct?

Mistral Large 4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.68 per million input tokens and $2.09 per million output tokens; Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct lists at $1.50 and $7.50.

### Is Mistral Large 4 or Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct better for coding?

Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 35.5 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-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 4 has 15 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B Instruct has 25.