# Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Qwen3 8B

> Qwen3 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.3 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-medium-3-1-vs-qwen3-8b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3 8B leads 16.1 to 10.1.
- Qwen3 8B is cheaper at $0.18 / $0.70 per million input/output tokens, against $0.40 / $2 for Mistral Medium 3.1.
- Qwen3 8B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.5 | 33.3 |
| Rank | 260 | 237 |
| Context | 131K | 131K |
| Input $/M | $0.40 | $0.18 |
| Output $/M | $2 | $0.70 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral Medium 3.1: —
- Qwen3 8B: 33.4 (#245)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 22.6% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Mistral Medium 3.1: —
- Qwen3 8B: 29.9 (#71)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.1 (#336)
- Qwen3 8B: 16.1 (#299)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 6.5% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| Thematic Generalization | 20.3% | — |
| DTBench | — | 59.7% |
| LMCA | — | 8.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 136.17 |

## Math

- Mistral Medium 3.1: —
- Qwen3 8B: 33.3 (#176)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 56.1% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Medium 3.1: —
- Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#164)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.8% |

## Long Context

- Mistral Medium 3.1: —
- Qwen3 8B: 37.8 (#205)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.6 (#140)
- Qwen3 8B: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1476 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Medium 3.1 better than Qwen3 8B?

Qwen3 8B is the stronger model overall, scoring 33.3 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Mistral Medium 3.1 or Qwen3 8B?

Qwen3 8B is cheaper. It lists at $0.18 per million input tokens and $0.70 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 Qwen3 8B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.