Model comparison
Devstral Small 2505 vs Qwen Max
Devstral Small 2505 and Qwen Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (34.3 vs 34.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
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Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Devstral Small 2505 leads 38.9 to 30.7.
- Devstral Small 2505 is cheaper at $0.10 / $0.30 per million input/output tokens, against $1.60 / $6.40 for Qwen Max.
- Devstral Small 2505 accepts more context: 128K tokens versus 33K.
- Devstral Small 2505 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Devstral Small 2505 | Qwen Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 34.3 | 34.7 |
| Released | 2025-05-07 | 2024-04-03 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 33K |
| Max output | 128K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | $1.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.30 | $6.40 |
| Results tracked | 4 | 23 |
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Category by category
Coding Devstral Small 2505 leads
Devstral Small 2505: 38.9 (#166), Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 56.4% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8% |
| SciCode | 28.8% | — |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1288 |
Reasoning Qwen Max leads
Devstral Small 2505: 19.7 (#252), Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 37.7% | — |
| CritPt | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1269 |
Math Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 16.1% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1275 |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 67.2% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 1% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1248 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1254 |
| LMArena French | — | 1330 |
| LMArena German | — | 1254 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1205 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1142 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1290 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1262 |
Long Context Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1288 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Devstral Small 2505: —, Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)
| Benchmark | Devstral Small 2505 | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1277 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Devstral Small 2505 better than Qwen Max?
Devstral Small 2505 and Qwen Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (34.3 vs 34.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, Devstral Small 2505 or Qwen Max?
Devstral Small 2505 is cheaper. It lists at $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.30 per million output tokens; Qwen Max lists at $1.60 and $6.40.
Is Devstral Small 2505 or Qwen Max better for coding?
Devstral Small 2505 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 38.9 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Devstral Small 2505 does, with 128K tokens against 33K.
How many benchmarks do Devstral Small 2505 and Qwen Max share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Devstral Small 2505 has 4 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.