Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Mistral Medium 3.5 by Mistral or Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Reasoning) by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-27.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Reasoning)
Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Reasoning) vs Mistral Medium 3.5: 9.9% more intelligence, 42.3% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 25.0% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 14.2 | 15.6 | +9.9% Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Re… is 9.9% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,146.55 | $661.29 | −42.3% Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Re… is 42.3% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 16.98s | 21.22s | +25.0% Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Re… is 25.0% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.50 / $7.50 | $0.40 / $3.20 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Mistral Medium 3.5 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
- Qwen3.5 122B A10B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
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