# Mistral vs Qwen Max

> Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-vs-qwen-max
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Max in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Qwen Max leads 66.5 to 52.6.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 34.7 |
| Rank | 303 | 230 |
| Context | — | 33K |
| Input $/M | — | $1.60 |
| Output $/M | — | $6.40 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Mistral: 33.8 (#250)
- Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | 1288 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8% |

## Reasoning

- Mistral: 22.2 (#200)
- Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | 1269 |

## Math

- Mistral: 22.3 (#278)
- Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1180 | 1275 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.1% |
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 67.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral: 16.6 (#288)
- Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | 1248 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral: 32.8 (#254)
- Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | 1254 |
| LMArena French | 1180 | 1330 |
| LMArena German | 1155 | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1013 | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | 1142 |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | 1290 |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral: 52.6 (#288)
- Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | 1262 |
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |

## Long Context

- Mistral: 35.0 (#245)
- Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1153 | 1288 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral: 37.0 (#260)
- Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | 1277 |
| WildBench | 66% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral better than Qwen Max?

Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mistral or Qwen Max better for coding?

Mistral scores higher on coding benchmarks: 33.8 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral and Qwen Max share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.