Mistral Large 3 2512 vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus leads Mistral Large 3 2512 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 27.0 to 9.3, and Mistral Large 3 2512 costs 1.3x less per output token ($1.50 vs $1.95 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 25 benchmarks have a result for both.
Mistral Large 3 2512 or Qwen3.6 Plus: which to pick
Only Qwen3.6 Plus has a coding score, 44.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Mistral Large 3 2512 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Mistral Large 3 2512 for output tokens 1.3x cheaper ($1.50 vs $1.95 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($0.77 against $1.19).
- Shared results
- 25
- Mistral Large 3 2512 only
- 3
- Qwen3.6 Plus only
- 58
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Qwen3.6 Plus has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus leads, 27.0 against 9.3.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Mistral Large 3 2512 has a AA Agentic Index result, 1.0.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus leads, 87.4% against 68.4%.
Same board, both measured
Math
AIME
Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus leads, 94.6% against 42.9%.
Same board, both measured
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus leads, 87.7% against 79.8%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus leads, 1243 against 1162.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Qwen3.6 Plus
Qwen3.6 Plus takes 1M tokens against 262K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Mistral Large 3 2512
Mistral Large 3 2512 $0.0013, Qwen3.6 Plus $0.0013 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Mistral Large 3 2512
Mistral Large 3 2512 $0.77, Qwen3.6 Plus $1.19.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Mistral Large 3 2512 not benchmarked, Qwen3.6 Plus 44.1 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Math, 51.7 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
- Widest single gap
- AIME: Mistral Large 3 2512 42.9% against Qwen3.6 Plus 94.6%, 51.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Mistral Large 3 2512 $1.50 against Qwen3.6 Plus $1.95 per million output tokens, 1.3x apart.
- Context window
- Mistral Large 3 2512 takes 262K tokens, Qwen3.6 Plus 1M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Bars | Qwen3.6 Plus | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 4 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 2 | ||
| Math | 0 | 1 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 5 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 8 | ||
| General | 0 | 3 | ||
| All shared boards | 1 | 24 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index04
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1461 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| AA Coding Index | 20.1 | 54.5 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 55.3% | 86.0% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 41.4% | 73.4% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 25.6% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 11.1% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 53.2% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 43.9% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| ALE-Bench | 264.7 | 670.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1467 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1462 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1454 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1463 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1472 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 9.3 | 27.0 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 147.3 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 1.0 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 40.9% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 7.7% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 14.9% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 32.9% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 97.7% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $5,115 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 68.4% | 87.4% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 66.2% | 84.2% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 88.2% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 27.8% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 88.4% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 14.0% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 12.0% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1448 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1454 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1455 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 42.9% | 94.6% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 85.4% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 93.3% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 38.2% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1449 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1448 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index15
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 79.8% | 87.7% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 79.1% | 84.2% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 61.4% | 51.5% | Mistral Large 3 2512 |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 61.0% | 61.9% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 73.1% | 74.7% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 52.1% | 68.0% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 82.2% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large 3 2512 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 36.9% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 44.1% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1439 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1442 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1437 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1430 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index08
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1162 | 1243 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1102 | 1233 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1080 | 1211 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1136 | 1228 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1100 | 1202 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1142 | 1236 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Design Arena: SVG | 993 | 1161 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1069 | 1113 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 24.6% | 44.9% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 77.0% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 51.5% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| IFBench | Not measured | 75.2% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 78.3% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| DTBench | 65.1% | 81.9% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| LMCA | 16.7% | 33.1% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| CL-bench | Not measured | 20.3% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1436 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1424 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1404 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1445 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1424 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1477 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1451 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1390 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1379 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1455 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1432 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1434 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1433 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1438 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1439 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1418 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1402 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Mistral Large 3 2512 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3.6 Plus costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3.6 Plus costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Mistral Large 3 2512 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Mistral AI | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | December 1, 2025 | April 2, 2026 |
| Context window | 262K | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.50 | $0.325 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.50 | $1.95 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 44.1 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.77 | $1.19 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Mistral Large 3 2512 better than Qwen3.6 Plus for coding?
Only Qwen3.6 Plus has a coding score, 44.1 on the Vibe Coding Index; Mistral Large 3 2512 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Mistral Large 3 2512 for output tokens 1.3x cheaper ($1.50 vs $1.95 per million) and a lower cost per solved task ($0.77 against $1.19).
Which is cheaper, Mistral Large 3 2512 or Qwen3.6 Plus?
Mistral Large 3 2512 costs $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Plus costs $0.325 and $1.95. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Mistral Large 3 2512 costs $0.77 and Qwen3.6 Plus $1.19.
Which has the bigger context window, Mistral Large 3 2512 or Qwen3.6 Plus?
Qwen3.6 Plus, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks is the Mistral Large 3 2512 vs Qwen3.6 Plus comparison based on?
25 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Mistral Large 3 2512's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Qwen3.6 Plus's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.