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Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

Mistral Medium 3.5 (Mistral AI) and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 (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 18 August 2026

As of 18 August 2026, Mistral Medium 3.5 holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#38 vs #48); Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 is 13.6× cheaper per output token ($0.55/1M vs $7.50/1M); and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Mistral Medium 3.5 if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #38 against #48 (53.9 vs 49.8 points).
  • Arena coding is your yardstick — 1479 against 1472.
  • Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index is your yardstick — 30.4 against 18.4.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Mistral Medium 3.5 was listed 30 April 2026, Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 21 July 2025.

Choose Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 if…

  • API cost matters — $0.55/1M output tokens against $7.50/1M, about 13.6× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.09/1M against $1.50/1M.
  • you want to self-host: Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 ships open weights while Mistral Medium 3.5 is api only.
  • you want provider choice — 9 listed API providers against 1.

Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Mistral Medium 3.5 and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507
FieldMistral Medium 3.5Mistral AIQwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Qwen
ModelCap Index position#38#48
Index score53.949.8
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$1.50$0.09
Output price / 1M tokens$7.50$0.55
Context window262K tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens—16K
API providers listed19
Weight accessAPI onlyOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, Image, FileText
First listed30 April 202621 July 2025
PublisherMistral AIQwen

Evidence: 4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards · 4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

Public benchmark boards where Mistral Medium 3.5 or Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 has a published result
BoardMistral Medium 3.5Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507Leads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)14791468–149014721468–1477Mistral Medium 3.5
LMArena AgentLMArena-7.0%-9.0%–-5.0%—Only one result
ARC-AGI-2ARC Prize Foundation—1.3%Only one result
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)—52.2PromptOnly one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis30.4intelligence-index18.4intelligence-indexMistral Medium 3.5

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 Medium 3.5 vs Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507: common questions

Is Mistral Medium 3.5 better than Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507?

Mistral Medium 3.5 ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 18 August 2026: #38 against #48. 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 Medium 3.5 cheaper than Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507?

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 is cheaper on output tokens: $0.55/1M against $7.50/1M. Input tokens are $1.50/1M for Mistral Medium 3.5 and $0.09/1M for Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Mistral Medium 3.5 or Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507?

Both publish a 262K-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Mistral Medium 3.5 or Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507?

Arena coding: Mistral Medium 3.5 1479, Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 1472 — Mistral Medium 3.5 leads.

Are Mistral Medium 3.5 and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 open-weight models?

Mistral Medium 3.5: API only. Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507: 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 Medium 3.5 and Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for Mistral Medium 3.5 and 9 for Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507 comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 18 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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