# Mistral vs Qwen Plus

> Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-vs-qwen-plus
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 13

## Summary

- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen Plus in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in instruction following, where Qwen Plus leads 69.0 to 52.9.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 36.7 |
| Rank | 297 | 204 |
| Context | — | 1M |
| Input $/M | — | $0.40 |
| Output $/M | — | $1.20 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Mistral: 33.2 (#249)
- Qwen Plus: 38.3 (#163)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | 1328 |

## Reasoning

- Mistral: 21.3 (#199)
- Qwen Plus: 27.6 (#101)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | 1317 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 63.3% |
| DTBench | — | 81.1% |
| LMCA | — | 24% |

## Math

- Mistral: 20.5 (#275)
- Qwen Plus: 22.0 (#266)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1180 | 1326 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 17.8% |
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 65.3% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1.7% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral: 16.3 (#283)
- Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#245)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | 1328 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 48.1% |
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral: 33.0 (#249)
- Qwen Plus: 45.3 (#170)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | 1310 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | 1347 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1012 | 1251 |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | 1323 |
| LMArena French | 1179 | — |
| LMArena German | 1155 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral: 52.9 (#283)
- Qwen Plus: 69.0 (#176)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | 1303 |
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |

## Long Context

- Mistral: 35.0 (#240)
- Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#153)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1154 | 1325 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral: 37.2 (#255)
- Qwen Plus: 52.4 (#171)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | 1326 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | 1293 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | 1336 |
| WildBench | 66% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral better than Qwen Plus?

Qwen Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.7 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

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

Qwen Plus scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.3 versus 33.2 in the Noometry coding category.

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

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.