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

Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B InstructvsMistral Medium 3.5

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

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Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct

Input
$1.5/M
Output
$7.5/M
Speed
68 tok/s
TTFT
1.61s
Mistral

Mistral Medium 3.5

Input
$1.5/M
Output
$7.5/M
Speed
97 tok/s
TTFT
0.69s

Winner by Category

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

Pricing Comparison

MetricQwen3 Coder 480B A35B InstructMistral Medium 3.5
Input ($/M tokens)$1.5$1.5
Output ($/M tokens)$7.5$7.5
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct$2.25
Mistral Medium 3.5$2.25

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
68 tok/s
Mistral Medium 3.5
97 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct
1.61s
Mistral Medium 3.5
0.69s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
18.029.9
Coding Index
46.9
Math Index
39.3
GPQA Diamond
61.8%74.8%
MMLU-Pro
78.8%
LiveCodeBench
58.5%
AIME 2025
39.3%
MATH-500
94.2%
Humanity's Last Exam
4.4%12.8%
SciCode
35.9%39.6%
IFBench
40.5%68.8%
TerminalBench
18.9%33.3%
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B Instruct5 wins
7 winsMistral Medium 3.5

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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 97 tok/s vs 68 tok/s. However, Mistral Medium 3.5 has lower time-to-first-token (0.69s vs 1.61s).

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

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.