# Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

> Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 39.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-medium-3-5-vs-qwen3-5-max-preview
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 16

## Summary

- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Medium 3.5 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads 29.6 to 16.6.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 39.6 | 44.7 |
| Rank | 151 | 72 |
| Context | 262K | — |
| Input $/M | $1.50 | — |
| Output $/M | $7.50 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 35.7 (#208)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1461 | 1488 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1263 | — |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 16.6 (#290)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1436 | 1483 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 41.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 12.9% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.42 | — |

## Math

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.4 (#113)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1432 | 1473 |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.3 (#123)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1431 | 1489 |

## Multimodal

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 37.6 (#64)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1222 | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 52.1 (#93)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1405 | 1465 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1443 | 1534 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | 1483 |
| LMArena German | 1453 | 1487 |
| LMArena Korean | 1387 | 1438 |
| LMArena Russian | 1396 | 1472 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1406 | 1470 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1497 |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.7 (#87)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1414 | 1467 |

## Long Context

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#101)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1414 | 1477 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.6 (#113)
- Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.5 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1421 | 1471 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1372 | 1464 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1423 | 1478 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 993 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Medium 3.5 better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.7 to 39.6 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mistral Medium 3.5 or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.5 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.4 versus 35.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.5 and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.