# Mixtral 8x22B vs Qwen3 Max

> Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/mixtral-8x22b-vs-qwen3-max
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 21

## Summary

- They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Mixtral 8x22B scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3 Max in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Qwen3 Max leads 48.1 to 15.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is MATH Level 5: 24.2% for Mixtral 8x22B and 97.1% for Qwen3 Max.
- Qwen3 Max is cheaper at $1.20 / $6 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Mixtral 8x22B.
- Qwen3 Max accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 64K.
- Mixtral 8x22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Mixtral 8x22B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 27.1 | 43.7 |
| Rank | 333 | 87 |
| Context | 64K | 262K |
| Input $/M | $2 | $1.20 |
| Output $/M | $6 | $6 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Mixtral 8x22B: 24.2 (#329)
- Qwen3 Max: 43.0 (#93)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1166 | 1456 |
| WeirdML | 3.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 40.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 50.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | — | 370.45 |
| HumanEval+ | 72% | — |
| MBPP+ | 64.3% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Mixtral 8x22B: 23.1 (#127)
- Qwen3 Max: —

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| Cybench | 7.5% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 71.56 |

## Reasoning

- Mixtral 8x22B: 19.9 (#248)
- Qwen3 Max: 22.6 (#190)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1150 | 1448 |
| DTBench | 55.1% | 82.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.03 | 142.38 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 72.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 30.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 4% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LMCA | — | 28.3% |
| ForecastBench | 56.3 | — |

## Math

- Mixtral 8x22B: 22.9 (#275)
- Qwen3 Max: 38.7 (#131)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1184 | 1446 |
| MATH Level 5 | 24.2% | 97.1% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 18.9% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 73.3% |
| Omni-MATH | 16.3% | — |

## Knowledge

- Mixtral 8x22B: 15.1 (#293)
- Qwen3 Max: 48.1 (#78)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 34.1% | 72.6% |
| LMArena Expert | 1113 | 1455 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 48.7% |
| MMLU-Pro | 46% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 33.4% | — |
| MMLU | 77.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- Mixtral 8x22B: 32.8 (#255)
- Qwen3 Max: 53.7 (#62)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1128 | 1429 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1116 | 1478 |
| LMArena French | 1166 | 1449 |
| LMArena German | 1141 | 1463 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1037 | 1397 |
| LMArena Korean | 1057 | 1399 |
| LMArena Russian | 1158 | 1428 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1151 | 1462 |

## Instruction Following

- Mixtral 8x22B: 57.7 (#266)
- Qwen3 Max: 74.8 (#87)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1147 | 1419 |
| IFEval | 72.4% | — |

## Long Context

- Mixtral 8x22B: 34.7 (#247)
- Qwen3 Max: 41.6 (#134)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1144 | 1438 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| CL-bench | — | 14.5% |

## Writing & Preference

- Mixtral 8x22B: 36.9 (#262)
- Qwen3 Max: 62.4 (#76)

| Benchmark | Mixtral 8x22B | Qwen3 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1162 | 1439 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1141 | 1402 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1130 | 1446 |
| WildBench | 71.1% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Mixtral 8x22B better than Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.7 to 27.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Mixtral 8x22B or Qwen3 Max?

Qwen3 Max is cheaper. It lists at $1.20 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Mixtral 8x22B lists at $2 and $6.

### Is Mixtral 8x22B or Qwen3 Max better for coding?

Qwen3 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 43.0 versus 24.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3 Max does, with 262K tokens against 64K.

### How many benchmarks do Mixtral 8x22B and Qwen3 Max share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mixtral 8x22B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 Max has 33.