# Pixtral Large vs Qwen3.6 Plus

> Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/pixtral-large-vs-qwen3-6-plus
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 62.2 to 32.9.
- Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper at $0.50 / $3 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Pixtral Large.
- Qwen3.6 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
- Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 47.5 |
| Rank | 259 | 62 |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Input $/M | $2 | $0.50 |
| Output $/M | $6 | $3 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Pixtral Large: —
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 57.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1461 |
| SciCode | — | 40.7% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1467 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 670.15 |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Pixtral Large: —
- Qwen3.6 Plus: —

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,115 |

## Reasoning

- Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 60.3% |
| CritPt | — | 2.9% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 17% |
| EnigmaEval | 0.8% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 59.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1449 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 12% |
| DTBench | — | 81.9% |
| LMCA | — | 33.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 147.65 |

## Math

- Pixtral Large: —
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 38.2% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 93.3% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1450 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 26.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 8.3% |

## Knowledge

- Pixtral Large: —
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 44.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1454 |

## Multimodal

- Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: —

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1089 | — |

## Multilingual

- Pixtral Large: —
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1424 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1477 |
| LMArena French | — | 1455 |
| LMArena German | — | 1452 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1389 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1379 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1434 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1432 |

## Instruction Following

- Pixtral Large: —
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1425 |

## Long Context

- Pixtral Large: —
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1439 |

## Writing & Preference

- Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)
- Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)

| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1404 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 988 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1438 |

## FAQ

### Is Pixtral Large better than Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Pixtral Large or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.50 per million input tokens and $3 per million output tokens; Pixtral Large lists at $2 and $6.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen3.6 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Pixtral Large and Qwen3.6 Plus share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Pixtral Large has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.