Model comparison

Mistral Large 4 vs Qwen Plus

Mistral Large 4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 37.1 on the Noometry Index. Qwen Plus costs 1.7× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Mistral Large 4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified October 10, 2026. 12 shared benchmarks.

Mistral Large 4

Mistral AI

43.1

Rank #99 Confirmed

Qwen Plus

Alibaba (Qwen)

37.1

Rank #210 Confirmed

Summary

They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Large 4 scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen Plus in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Large 4 leads 40.4 to 23.3.
Qwen Plus is cheaper at $0.40 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.68 / $2.09 for Mistral Large 4.
Mistral Large 4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.

Side by side

Mistral Large 4 and Qwen Plus specifications
	Mistral Large 4	Qwen Plus
Provider	Mistral AI	Alibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index	43.1	37.1
Released	2026-10-06	2024-01-25
Weights	Proprietary	Proprietary
Context window	1.05M	1M
Max output	262K	33K
Input $ / M tokens	$0.68	$0.40
Output $ / M tokens	$2.09	$1.20
Results tracked	15	20

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Category by category

Coding Mistral Large 4 leads

Mistral Large 4: 48.6 (#57), Qwen Plus: 38.9 (#167)

Coding benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Large 4	Qwen Plus
LMArena Coding	1475	1328
LMArena WebDev	1541	—

Reasoning Qwen Plus leads

Mistral Large 4: 22.5 (#192), Qwen Plus: 28.4 (#107)

Reasoning benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Large 4	Qwen Plus
LMArena Hard Prompts	1444	1317
Kagi LLM Benchmark	—	63.3%
NYT Connections (extended)	27.4%	—
DTBench	—	81.1%
LMCA	—	24%

Math Mistral Large 4 leads

Mistral Large 4: 40.4 (#91), Qwen Plus: 23.3 (#271)

Math benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Large 4	Qwen Plus
LMArena Math	1488	1326
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025	—	17.8%
MATH Level 5	—	65.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)	—	1.7%

Knowledge Mistral Large 4 leads

Mistral Large 4: 36.6 (#166), Qwen Plus: 27.4 (#251)

Knowledge benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Large 4	Qwen Plus
LMArena Expert	1447	1328
GPQA Diamond	—	48.1%
SimpleQA Verified	20%	—

Multilingual Mistral Large 4 leads

Mistral Large 4: 52.6 (#82), Qwen Plus: 45.1 (#175)

Multilingual benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Large 4	Qwen Plus
LMArena Non-English	1415	1310
LMArena Chinese	1491	1347
LMArena Russian	1414	1323
LMArena Japanese	—	1251

Instruction Following Mistral Large 4 leads

Mistral Large 4: 75.0 (#76), Qwen Plus: 68.8 (#181)

Instruction Following benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Large 4	Qwen Plus
LMArena Instruction Following	1424	1303

Long Context Mistral Large 4 leads

Mistral Large 4: 43.6 (#89), Qwen Plus: 40.3 (#158)

Long Context benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Large 4	Qwen Plus
LMArena Longer Query	1429	1324

Writing & Preference Mistral Large 4 leads

Mistral Large 4: 60.4 (#97), Qwen Plus: 52.2 (#176)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
Benchmark	Mistral Large 4	Qwen Plus
LMArena Text	1427	1326
LMArena Creative Writing	1361	1293
LMArena Multi-Turn	1424	1336

Frequently asked questions

Is Mistral Large 4 better than Qwen Plus?

Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 4 or Qwen Plus?

Qwen Plus is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Mistral Large 4 lists at $0.68 and $2.09.

Is Mistral Large 4 or Qwen Plus better for coding?

Mistral Large 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 38.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Mistral Large 4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do Mistral Large 4 and Qwen Plus share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Large 4 has 15 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Plus has 20.