Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Qwen3.8 27B (Medium)
Which is better for the money: Mistral Medium 3.5 by Mistral or Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Qwen3.8 27B (Medium)
Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) vs Mistral Medium 3.5: 94.4% more intelligence, 7.8% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 214.7% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 14.2 | 27.6 | +94.4% Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is 94.4% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,263.80 | $1,165.00 | −7.8% Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is 7.8% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 17.98s | 56.59s | +214.7% Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is 214.7% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.50 / $7.50 | $0.50 / $3.00 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Video |
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.
- Qwen3.8 27B (Medium) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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