# Mistral Small 3.1 vs Qwen2.5-Max

> Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.7 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-small-3-1-vs-qwen2-5-max
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 18

## Summary

- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Small 3.1 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Qwen2.5-Max leads 36.9 to 14.7.
- Mistral Small 3.1 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.7 | 40.7 |
| Rank | 269 | 146 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.35 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.56 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Mistral Small 3.1: 38.3 (#179)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1309 | 1359 |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 64.4% |

## Reasoning

- Mistral Small 3.1: 19.7 (#254)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1278 | 1360 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 127.48 | 132.53 |
| Chess Puzzles | 1% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 51.4% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 67.9% |
| LiveBench | — | 62.3% |

## Math

- Mistral Small 3.1: 14.7 (#301)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1262 | 1369 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 3.9% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 24.8% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 58.4% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral Small 3.1: 22.6 (#271)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1257 | 1337 |
| GPQA Diamond | 41.9% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 61% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 21.8% |
| GPQA (HELM) | 39.2% | — |

## Multimodal

- Mistral Small 3.1: 33.2 (#99)
- Qwen2.5-Max: —

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1136 | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral Small 3.1: 41.2 (#209)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1255 | 1352 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1253 | 1382 |
| LMArena French | 1273 | 1396 |
| LMArena German | 1266 | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1208 | 1300 |
| LMArena Korean | 1206 | 1304 |
| LMArena Russian | 1263 | 1353 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1283 | 1377 |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral Small 3.1: 63.6 (#230)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1264 | 1335 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 75.3% |
| IFEval | 75% | — |

## Long Context

- Mistral Small 3.1: 39.5 (#178)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1299 | 1358 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral Small 3.1: 37.0 (#259)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)

| Benchmark | Mistral Small 3.1 | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1277 | 1367 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1253 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1270 | 1364 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 72.9% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 761 | — |
| WildBench | 78.8% | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 56.3% |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral Small 3.1 better than Qwen2.5-Max?

Qwen2.5-Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.7 to 31.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mistral Small 3.1 or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?

Qwen2.5-Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 38.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral Small 3.1 and Qwen2.5-Max share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Small 3.1 has 28 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.