# Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Qwen2.5 14B Instruct

> Mistral Medium 3.1 has enough public results to be ranked (#266); Qwen2.5 14B Instruct does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-medium-3-1-vs-qwen2-5-14b-instruct
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is cheaper at $0.35 / $1.40 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2 for Mistral Medium 3.1.
- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 38.7 |
| Rank | 266 | — |
| Context | 131K | 131K |
| Input $/M | $0.40 | $0.35 |
| Output $/M | $2 | $1.40 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Medium 3.1: —
- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: 37.7 (#191)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 39.8% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 52.2% |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341)
- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 6.5% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 20.3% | — |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Medium 3.1: —
- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU | — | 79.9% |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145)
- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1476 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Medium 3.1 better than Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?

Mistral Medium 3.1 has enough public results to be ranked (#266); Qwen2.5 14B Instruct does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Which is cheaper, Mistral Medium 3.1 or Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?

Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is cheaper. It lists at $0.35 per million input tokens and $1.40 per million output tokens; Mistral Medium 3.1 lists at $0.40 and $2.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 131K tokens.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.1 and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct has 3.