Model comparison
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B vs Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct
Head-to-head evidence from 4 shared benchmark results across 2 categories. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.
Public leaderboard positions: Mistral Medium 3.5 128B unranked (Not scored); Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct #195 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.
Evidence parity. Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct share 4 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 21 results are unique to Mistral Medium 3.5 128B; 0 to Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct.
Updated July 27, 2026- Shared results
- 4
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B only
- 21
- Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct only
- 0
- Comparable categories
- 0 / 8
Benchmark data for Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct is coming soon on BenchLM.
Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 4 shared benchmark results across 2 evidence categories; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.
Why this result
BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B is priced at $1.50 input / $7.50 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct. Mistral Medium 3.5 128B has the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct.
Category breakdown
Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.
| Category | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Δ | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B77.6 | MarginNo overlap | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructNot measured |
Operational comparison
Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.
| Metric | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokens | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B$1.5 input / $7.5 output | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct$0 input / $0 output | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct has the lower combined listed price. |
| Generation speedtokens per second | Mistral Medium 3.5 128BNot available | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructNot available | A complete speed comparison is not available. |
| First-answer latencyseconds to first token | Mistral Medium 3.5 128BNot available | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B InstructNot available | A complete latency comparison is not available. |
| Context windowmaximum listed tokens | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B256K | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct128K | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B lists the larger context window. |
Benchmark Deep Dive
Agentic11 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ³-bench resultsSource | 91.4% | — | Not comparable |
| AA Agentic IndexSource | 19.0% | — | Not comparable |
| τ²-bench resultsSource | 94.2% | — | Not comparable |
| GDPval-AASource | 21.6% | — | Not comparable |
| GDPval-AASource | 933 | — | Not comparable |
| Gert LabsSource | 39.10% | — | Not comparable |
| AA EnterpriseOps-GymSource | 33.7% | — | Not comparable |
| AA Harvey LABSource | 69.1% | — | Not comparable |
| terminalBenchHardSource | 33.3% | — | Not comparable |
| AA BriefcaseSource | 516 | — | Not comparable |
| AA Tau3 BankingSource | 14.4% | — | Not comparable |
Coding3 benchmarks
Reasoning2 benchmarks
Knowledge7 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource | 29.9% | 7.1% | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B leads |
| AA-GPQA DiamondSource | 74.8% | 41.7% | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B leads |
| AA-HLESource | 12.8% | 3.8% | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B leads |
| AA-Omniscience IndexSource | -36.3% | — | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience AccuracySource | 25.1% | — | Not comparable |
| AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource | 82.0% | — | Not comparable |
| AA Openness IndexSource | 33.3% | — | Not comparable |
Multimodal1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-MMMU-ProSource | 64.9% | — | Not comparable |
Inst. Following1 benchmarks
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA-IFBenchSource | 68.8% | — | Not comparable |
Frequently Asked Questions (3)
Can I compare Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct on BenchLM yet?
Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.
Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?
BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.
What data is available for Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct today?
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B: $1.50 input / $7.50 output per 1M tokens Qwen2.5 Coder 32B Instruct: $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.
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