# Pixtral Large vs Qwen3.5 Plus

> Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/pixtral-large-vs-qwen3-5-plus
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.5 Plus leads 32.8 to 21.7.
- Qwen3.5 Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $2.40 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Pixtral Large.
- Qwen3.5 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
- Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 42.9 |
| Rank | 259 | 106 |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Input $/M | $2 | $0.40 |
| Output $/M | $6 | $2.40 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Pixtral Large: —
- Qwen3.5 Plus: —

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| ALE-Bench | — | 621.92 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Pixtral Large: —
- Qwen3.5 Plus: —

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 0.54 |

## Reasoning

- Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)
- Qwen3.5 Plus: 32.8 (#74)

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| EnigmaEval | 0.8% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 17% |
| DTBench | — | 80.5% |
| LMCA | — | 36.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 146.78 |

## Math

- Pixtral Large: —
- Qwen3.5 Plus: 49.6 (#61)

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 86.7% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 21% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 2.1% |

## Knowledge

- Pixtral Large: —
- Qwen3.5 Plus: 46.0 (#83)

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 84.8% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 25.4% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 10.7% |

## Multimodal

- Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)
- Qwen3.5 Plus: —

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1089 | — |

## Long Context

- Pixtral Large: —
- Qwen3.5 Plus: 43.0 (#113)

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 19.8% |
| CL-bench Life | — | 12.4% |

## Writing & Preference

- Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)
- Qwen3.5 Plus: —

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.5 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 988 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Pixtral Large better than Qwen3.5 Plus?

Qwen3.5 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 42.9 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Pixtral Large or Qwen3.5 Plus?

Qwen3.5 Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $2.40 per million output tokens; Pixtral Large lists at $2 and $6.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.5 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Pixtral Large and Qwen3.5 Plus share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Pixtral Large has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Plus has 15.