# Mixtral 8x22B vs Qwen Max

> Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mixtral-8x22b-vs-qwen-max
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Mixtral 8x22B scores higher in 1 category and Qwen Max in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen Max leads 30.3 to 15.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 24.2% for Mixtral 8x22B and 67.2% for Qwen Max.
- Qwen Max is cheaper at $1.60 / $6.40 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Mixtral 8x22B.
- Mixtral 8x22B accepts more context: 64K tokens versus 33K.
- Mixtral 8x22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mixtral 8x22B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 27.1 | 34.7 |
| Rank | 333 | 230 |
| Context | 64K | 33K |
| Input $/M | $2 | $1.60 |
| Output $/M | $6 | $6.40 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Mixtral 8x22B: 24.2 (#329)
- Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1166 | 1288 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8% |
| WeirdML | 3.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 50.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 72% | — |
| MBPP+ | 64.3% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Mixtral 8x22B: 23.1 (#127)
- Qwen Max: —

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 7.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- Mixtral 8x22B: 19.9 (#248)
- Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1150 | 1269 |
| DTBench | 55.1% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.03 | — |
| ForecastBench | 56.3 | — |

## Math

- Mixtral 8x22B: 22.9 (#275)
- Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1184 | 1275 |
| MATH Level 5 | 24.2% | 67.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.1% |
| Omni-MATH | 16.3% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1% |

## Knowledge

- Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#293)
- Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.1% | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1113 | 1248 |
| MMLU-Pro | 46% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 33.4% | — |
| MMLU | 77.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- Mixtral 8x22B: 32.8 (#255)
- Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1128 | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1116 | 1254 |
| LMArena French | 1166 | 1330 |
| LMArena German | 1141 | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1037 | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | 1057 | 1142 |
| LMArena Russian | 1158 | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1151 | 1290 |

## Instruction Following

- Mixtral 8x22B: 57.7 (#266)
- Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1147 | 1262 |
| IFEval | 72.4% | — |

## Long Context

- Mixtral 8x22B: 34.7 (#247)
- Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1144 | 1288 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |

## Writing & Preference

- Mixtral 8x22B: 36.9 (#262)
- Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1162 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1141 | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1130 | 1277 |
| WildBench | 71.1% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mixtral 8x22B better than Qwen Max?

Qwen Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 34.7 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Mixtral 8x22B or Qwen Max?

Qwen Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.60 per million input tokens and $6.40 per million output tokens; Mixtral 8x22B lists at $2 and $6.

### Is Mixtral 8x22B or Qwen Max better for coding?

Qwen Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 30.7 versus 24.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Mixtral 8x22B does, with 64K tokens against 33K.

### How many benchmarks do Mixtral 8x22B and Qwen Max share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mixtral 8x22B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.