# Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Qwen3-1.7B

> Mistral Medium 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-medium-3-1-vs-qwen3-1-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3-1.7B leads 19.2 to 10.6.
- Qwen3-1.7B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 26.6 |
| Rank | 266 | 336 |
| Context | 131K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.40 | — |
| Output $/M | $2 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Mistral Medium 3.1: —
- Qwen3-1.7B: 24.7 (#115)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 28.4% |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341)
- Qwen3-1.7B: 19.2 (#267)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 6.5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| Thematic Generalization | 20.3% | — |

## Math

- Mistral Medium 3.1: —
- Qwen3-1.7B: 16.3 (#294)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Medium 3.1: —
- Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#278)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 38% |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145)
- Qwen3-1.7B: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1476 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Medium 3.1 better than Qwen3-1.7B?

Mistral Medium 3.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.9 to 26.6 on the Noometry Index.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.1 and Qwen3-1.7B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.