# Mistral vs Qwen-14B

> Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-vs-qwen-14b
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 10

## Summary

- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen-14B in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral leads 37.0 to 27.6.
- Qwen-14B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 31.4 |
| Rank | 303 | 275 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral: 33.8 (#250)
- Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#288)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | 1071 |

## Reasoning

- Mistral: 22.2 (#200)
- Qwen-14B: 19.6 (#257)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | 1027 |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 55% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 113.03 |
| LAMBADA | — | 71.1% |
| PIQA | — | 79.9% |

## Math

- Mistral: 22.3 (#278)
- Qwen-14B: 31.2 (#227)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1180 | 1068 |
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 61.3% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral: 16.6 (#288)
- Qwen-14B: —

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 84.4% |
| BoolQ | — | 86.2% |
| MMLU | — | 66.3% |

## Multilingual

- Mistral: 32.8 (#254)
- Qwen-14B: 27.5 (#275)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | 1041 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | 1077 |
| LMArena French | 1180 | — |
| LMArena German | 1155 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1013 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral: 52.6 (#288)
- Qwen-14B: 52.4 (#289)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | 1031 |
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |

## Long Context

- Mistral: 35.0 (#245)
- Qwen-14B: 31.3 (#280)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1153 | 1028 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral: 37.0 (#260)
- Qwen-14B: 27.6 (#299)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen-14B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | 1051 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | 1028 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | 1022 |
| WildBench | 66% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral better than Qwen-14B?

Qwen-14B is the stronger model overall, scoring 31.4 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mistral or Qwen-14B better for coding?

Mistral scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.8 versus 31.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral and Qwen-14B share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen-14B has 18.