Model comparison
Pixtral Large vs Qwen3.8 Max
Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Pixtral Large scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.8 Max in 3 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 67.1 to 32.9.
- Both cost about the same: $2 input and $6 output per million tokens.
- Qwen3.8 Max accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 128K.
- Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Pixtral Large | Qwen3.8 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 32.2 | 56.8 |
| Released | 2024-11-01 | 2026-08-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 1M |
| Max output | 128K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $6 | $6 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 39 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Pixtral Large: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29)
| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | — | 57.5% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1674 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 17.8% |
| SciCode | — | 53.2% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1502 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Pixtral Large: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14)
| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 63.3% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 55.1% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 23.2% |
Reasoning Qwen3.8 Max leads
Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218), Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26)
| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 88.3% |
| CritPt | — | 20% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 40% |
| EnigmaEval | 0.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1496 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 38% |
| DTBench | — | 92% |
| LMCA | — | 46.2% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 156.41 |
Math Not comparable
Pixtral Large: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20)
| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 74.7% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 46.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 100% |
| ProofBench | — | 58% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1499 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Pixtral Large: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27)
| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 92.7% |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 47.3% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1507 |
Multimodal Qwen3.8 Max leads
Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111), Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75)
| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1089 | 1314 |
| Furniture Assembly | — | 20% |
Multilingual Not comparable
Pixtral Large: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18)
| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1472 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1538 |
| LMArena French | — | 1503 |
| LMArena German | — | 1483 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1467 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1461 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1481 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1492 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Pixtral Large: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17)
| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1479 |
Long Context Not comparable
Pixtral Large: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31)
| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1489 |
Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 Max leads
Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278), Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30)
| Benchmark | Pixtral Large | Qwen3.8 Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1483 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1479 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 988 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1489 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Pixtral Large better than Qwen3.8 Max?
Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Pixtral Large or Qwen3.8 Max?
Qwen3.8 Max is cheaper. It lists at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens; Pixtral Large lists at $2 and $6.
Which has the bigger context window?
Qwen3.8 Max does, with 1M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Pixtral Large and Qwen3.8 Max share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Pixtral Large has 3 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 Max has 39.