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Mistral Large 3 2512 vs Qwen3.5-122B-A10B

Mistral Large 3 2512 (Mistral AI) and Qwen3.5-122B-A10B (Qwen) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 17 August 2026

As of 17 August 2026, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#41 vs #44); Mistral Large 3 2512 is 1.6× cheaper per output token ($1.50/1M vs $2.40/1M); and Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Mistral Large 3 2512 if…

  • API cost matters — $1.50/1M output tokens against $2.40/1M, about 1.6× cheaper.
  • Arena coding is your yardstick — 1468 against 1459.

Choose Qwen3.5-122B-A10B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #41 against #44 (53.6 vs 52.4 points).
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.29/1M against $0.50/1M.
  • you want to self-host: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ships open weights while Mistral Large 3 2512 is api only.
  • you want provider choice — 5 listed API providers against 1.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Qwen3.5-122B-A10B was listed 25 February 2026, Mistral Large 3 2512 1 December 2025.

Mistral Large 3 2512 vs Qwen3.5-122B-A10B: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Mistral Large 3 2512 and Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
FieldMistral Large 3 2512Mistral AIQwen3.5-122B-A10BQwen
ModelCap Index position#44#41
Index score52.453.6
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$0.50$0.29
Output price / 1M tokens$1.50$2.40
Context window262K tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens—82K
API providers listed15
Weight accessAPI onlyOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, Image, FileText, Image, Video
First listed1 December 202525 February 2026
PublisherMistral AIQwen

Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · 3 public benchmark observations across 3 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Mistral Large 3 2512 vs Qwen3.5-122B-A10B

Public benchmark boards where Mistral Large 3 2512 or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has a published result
BoardMistral Large 3 2512Qwen3.5-122B-A10BLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)14681463–147414591452–1466Mistral Large 3 2512
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—32.8intelligence-indexOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Mistral Large 3 2512 vs Qwen3.5-122B-A10B: common questions

Is Mistral Large 3 2512 better than Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 17 August 2026: #41 against #44. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is Mistral Large 3 2512 cheaper than Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Mistral Large 3 2512 is cheaper on output tokens: $1.50/1M against $2.40/1M. Input tokens are $0.50/1M for Mistral Large 3 2512 and $0.29/1M for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Mistral Large 3 2512 or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Both publish a 262K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Mistral Large 3 2512 or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

Arena coding: Mistral Large 3 2512 1468, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B 1459 — Mistral Large 3 2512 leads.

Are Mistral Large 3 2512 and Qwen3.5-122B-A10B open-weight models?

Mistral Large 3 2512: API only. Qwen3.5-122B-A10B: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Mistral Large 3 2512 and Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for Mistral Large 3 2512 and 5 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Mistral Large 3 2512 vs Qwen3.5-122B-A10B comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 17 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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