# Mistral vs Qwen3.6 Max Preview

> Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mistral-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 14

## Summary

- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Max Preview in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3.6 Max Preview leads 57.6 to 16.3.

## Snapshot

| | Mistral | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 51.1 |
| Rank | 297 | 36 |
| Context | — | 262K |
| Input $/M | — | $1.30 |
| Output $/M | — | $7.80 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Mistral: 33.2 (#249)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 48.6 (#50)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | 1472 |
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 76.7% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1482 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Mistral: —
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: —

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 4,254 |

## Reasoning

- Mistral: 21.3 (#199)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 40.8 (#47)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | 1457 |
| SimpleBench | — | 63% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 74.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 20% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 19% |
| DTBench | — | 87.2% |
| LMCA | — | 42.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 149.27 |

## Math

- Mistral: 20.5 (#275)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 52.2 (#40)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1180 | 1465 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 91.1% |
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 23.1% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 4.2% |

## Knowledge

- Mistral: 16.3 (#283)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 57.6 (#35)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | 1476 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 87.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 52% |
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Mistral: 33.0 (#249)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 54.3 (#46)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | 1436 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | 1487 |
| LMArena French | 1179 | 1449 |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | 1444 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | 1452 |
| LMArena German | 1155 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1012 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Mistral: 52.9 (#283)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 75.8 (#51)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | 1437 |
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |

## Long Context

- Mistral: 35.0 (#240)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 44.6 (#59)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1154 | 1457 |

## Writing & Preference

- Mistral: 37.2 (#255)
- Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 64.0 (#58)

| Benchmark | Mistral | Qwen3.6 Max Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | 1447 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | 1435 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | 1456 |
| WildBench | 66% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mistral better than Qwen3.6 Max Preview?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 51.1 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Mistral or Qwen3.6 Max Preview better for coding?

Qwen3.6 Max Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 33.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Mistral and Qwen3.6 Max Preview share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Max Preview has 29.