Compare/Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Mistral Medium 3.5vsQwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

Mistral

Mistral Medium 3.5

Input
$1.5/M
Output
$7.5/M
Speed
163 tok/s
TTFT
0.53s
Alibaba

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Input
$1.5/M
Output
$7.5/M
Speed
64 tok/s
TTFT
1.58s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Tie
Faster (tok/s)
Mistral Medium 3.5
Lower Latency
Mistral Medium 3.5
Benchmarks (7-5)
Mistral Medium 3.5

Pricing Comparison

MetricMistral Medium 3.5Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
Input ($/M tokens)$1.5$1.5
Output ($/M tokens)$7.5$7.5
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Mistral Medium 3.5$2.25
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct$2.25

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Mistral Medium 3.5
163 tok/s
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
64 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Mistral Medium 3.5
0.53s
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
1.58s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
39.224.8
Coding Index
35.424.6
Math Index
39.3
GPQA Diamond
74.8%61.8%
MMLU-Pro
78.8%
LiveCodeBench
58.5%
AIME 2025
39.3%
MATH-500
94.2%
Humanity's Last Exam
12.8%4.4%
SciCode
39.6%35.9%
IFBench
68.8%40.5%
TerminalBench
33.3%18.9%
Mistral Medium 3.57 wins
5 winsQwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Mistral Medium 3.5 or Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct?

Both models have similar pricing. Check the detailed breakdown above for input vs output token costs.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Mistral Medium 3.5 wins 7 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 5 for Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

Mistral Medium 3.5 generates tokens faster at 163 tok/s vs 64 tok/s. Mistral Medium 3.5 also has lower time-to-first-token (0.53s vs 1.58s).

When should I use Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct?

Choose based on your priorities: both are similarly priced, Mistral Medium 3.5 for stronger benchmark performance, and Mistral Medium 3.5 for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.