# Mistral Medium 3.5 128B vs Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/mistral-medium-3-5-128b-vs-qwen3-6-max-preview
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Mistral | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 36.09 | 54.95 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 10 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $7.50 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 19.7 (Supported · #100/117)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| τ³-bench results | 91.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 39.10% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 39.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 65.4% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 26.6 (Estimated · #102/143)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 47.1 (Supported · #47/143)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 66.4% | 72.8% | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 57.3% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 47% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 65.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 69.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 56.7 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 33.6 (Supported · #121/169)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 34.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 75.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 73.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 82.6 (#48/124)
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) public-lane score: 41.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Qwen 3.6 Max (preview) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 23.103% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 4.167% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and Qwen 3.6 Max (preview)?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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