Model comparison
Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Medium 3.1 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.6 Plus in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Qwen3.6 Plus leads 29.3 to 10.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 6.5% for Mistral Medium 3.1 and 60.3% for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- Mistral Medium 3.1 is cheaper at $0.40 / $2 per million input/output tokens, against $0.50 / $3 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- Qwen3.6 Plus accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 31.9 | 47.5 |
| Released | — | 2026-03-31 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 131K | 1M |
| Max output | 105K | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.40 | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2 | $3 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: 40.8 (#130)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | — | 57.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1461 |
| SciCode | — | 40.7% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1467 |
| ALE-Bench | — | 670.15 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 5,115 |
Reasoning Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341), Qwen3.6 Plus: 29.3 (#93)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 6.5% | 60.3% |
| Thematic Generalization | 20.3% | 59.5% |
| CritPt | — | 2.9% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 17% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1449 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 12% |
| DTBench | — | 81.9% |
| LMCA | — | 33.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 147.65 |
Math Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: 51.8 (#54)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | 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 Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: 56.1 (#45)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 88.4% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 44.1% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1454 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: 53.3 (#70)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | 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 Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: 75.0 (#74)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1425 |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.1: —, Qwen3.6 Plus: 45.2 (#49)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1439 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.6 Plus leads
Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145), Qwen3.6 Plus: 62.2 (#82)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1437 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1404 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1476 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1438 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Medium 3.1 better than Qwen3.6 Plus?
Qwen3.6 Plus is the stronger model overall, scoring 47.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Medium 3.1 or Qwen3.6 Plus?
Mistral Medium 3.1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Plus lists at $0.50 and $3.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.6 Plus does, with 1M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.1 and Qwen3.6 Plus share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 Plus has 37.