Mistral Large vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking leads Mistral Large on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 11.2 to 5.8, and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking costs 5.0x less per output token ($1.20 vs $6.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 29 benchmarks have a result for both.
Mistral Large or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Mistral Large for work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 29
- Mistral Large only
- 15
- Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking only
- 1
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 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
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking leads, 11.2 against 5.8.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Mistral Large has a GPQA Diamond result, 47.7%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Mistral Large has a AIME result, 9.2%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Mistral Large has a MMLU Pro result, 69.7%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking takes 262K tokens against 128K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
Mistral Large $0.0050, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking $0.0008 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Mistral Large not benchmarked, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Math, 22.5 points apart on average over 2 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena Text: Polish: Mistral Large 1157 against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking 1345, 31.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Mistral Large $6.00 against Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking $1.20 per million output tokens, 5.0x apart.
- Context window
- Mistral Large takes 128K tokens, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking 262K.
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 | Bars | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 3 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 4 | ||
| General | 0 | 17 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 29 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 17.4 | Only Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 37.1% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 17.8% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1275 | 1392 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1274 | 1393 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| Neither model has a result on the other 34 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 5.8 | 11.2 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.1 | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
Agentic workNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 41 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 47.7% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 35.1% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 3.5% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1257 | 1371 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1208 | 1376 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1268 | 1384 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 9.2% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 74.4% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 87.2% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1261 | 1399 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1257 | 1390 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 69.7% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 63.8% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 76.2% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 51.5% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| MMLU | 68.8% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1260 | 1384 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1255 | 1392 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1275 | 1364 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1238 | 1360 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
Web designNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 9 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index017
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 60.8% | Not measured | Only Mistral Large measured |
| LMArena Text | 1265 | 1368 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1249 | 1344 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1242 | 1314 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: English | 1284 | 1392 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1235 | 1342 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1239 | 1407 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: German | 1242 | 1356 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1170 | 1280 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1202 | 1310 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: French | 1325 | 1351 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1268 | 1358 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1252 | 1337 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1157 | 1345 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1260 | 1346 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1261 | 1353 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1261 | 1330 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1230 | 1312 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
| Neither model has a result on the other 28 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Mistral Large | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking | 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
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking 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 | Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Mistral AI | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | February 26, 2024 | September 11, 2025 |
| Context window | 128K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $0.15 |
| Output $/Mtok | $6.00 | $1.20 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Mistral Large better than Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Mistral Large for work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Large or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?
Mistral Large costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking costs $0.15 and $1.20. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Mistral Large or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?
Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking, with 262K tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks is the Mistral Large vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking comparison based on?
29 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Mistral Large's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.