# Mistral vs Qwen3.6 27B

> Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-vs-qwen3-6-27b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 27B leads 52.4 to 16.3.
- Qwen3.6 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 41.9 |
| Rank | 297 | 112 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.60 |
| Output $/M | — | $3.60 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Mistral: 33.2 (#249)
- Qwen3.6 27B: 38.5 (#162)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 37.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | — |

## Reasoning

- Mistral: 21.3 (#199)
- Qwen3.6 27B: 24.4 (#148)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 0.9% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 7% |
| DTBench | — | 78.1% |
| LMCA | — | 34.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.47 |

## Math

- Mistral: 20.5 (#275)
- Qwen3.6 27B: 47.5 (#56)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 35.1% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1180 | — |

## Knowledge

- Mistral: 16.3 (#283)
- Qwen3.6 27B: 52.4 (#58)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 85.9% |
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral: 33.0 (#249)
- Qwen3.6 27B: —

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | — |
| LMArena French | 1179 | — |
| LMArena German | 1155 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1012 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral: 52.9 (#283)
- Qwen3.6 27B: —

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | — |

## Long Context

- Mistral: 35.0 (#240)
- Qwen3.6 27B: —

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1154 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral: 37.2 (#255)
- Qwen3.6 27B: 50.3 (#180)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | — |
| WildBench | 66% | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1026 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral better than Qwen3.6 27B?

Qwen3.6 27B is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.9 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mistral or Qwen3.6 27B better for coding?

Qwen3.6 27B scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.5 versus 33.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral and Qwen3.6 27B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 27B has 11.