Model comparison
Mistral Nemo vs Qwen3-1.7B
Mistral Nemo and Qwen3-1.7B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (26.4 vs 26.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Nemo scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3-1.7B in 2 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Nemo leads 25.5 to 16.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 29.9% for Mistral Nemo and 38% for Qwen3-1.7B.
Side by side
| Mistral Nemo | Qwen3-1.7B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 26.4 | 26.6 |
| Released | 2024-07-01 | 2025-04-29 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 128K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | — |
| Results tracked | 10 | 4 |
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Category by category
Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3-1.7B leads
Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#125), Qwen3-1.7B: 24.7 (#115)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.6% | 28.4% |
| BALROG | 17.6% | — |
Reasoning Mistral Nemo leads
Mistral Nemo: 20.7 (#232), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.2 (#267)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| DTBench | 48.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.68 | — |
| PIQA | 83.5% | — |
Math Mistral Nemo leads
Mistral Nemo: 25.5 (#268), Qwen3-1.7B: 16.3 (#294)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 8.1% |
| MATH Level 5 | 10.8% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.2% | — |
Knowledge Qwen3-1.7B leads
Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#298), Qwen3-1.7B: 19.6 (#278)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 29.9% | 38% |
| BoolQ | 82.5% | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mistral Nemo: 28.5 (#296), Qwen3-1.7B: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Qwen3-1.7B |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 881 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Nemo better than Qwen3-1.7B?
Mistral Nemo and Qwen3-1.7B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (26.4 vs 26.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Nemo and Qwen3-1.7B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Nemo has 10 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-1.7B has 4.