# Mistral Medium 3.5 128B vs Qwen3.8 Max Preview

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and Qwen3.8 Max Preview across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/mistral-medium-3-5-128b-vs-qwen3-8-max-preview
- Last updated: September 10, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and Qwen3.8 Max Preview.

## Summary

- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and Qwen3.8 Max Preview do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Qwen3.8 Max Preview |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Mistral | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | null |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 30.13 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 1 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $7.50 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 21.9 (Supported · #150/152)
- Qwen3.8 Max Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Qwen3.8 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 |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 36.9 (Estimated · #127/151)
- Qwen3.8 Max Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Qwen3.8 Max Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 66.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 56.0% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 55.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.8 Max Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 68.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8 Max Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 39 (Supported · #140/183)
- Qwen3.8 Max Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Qwen3.8 Max Preview | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 34.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 75.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 84 (#48/123)
- Qwen3.8 Max Preview public-lane score: Coming soon

## FAQ

### Can I compare Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and Qwen3.8 Max Preview on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

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- [Qwen3.8 Max Preview vs Qwen3.8 Max](/compare/qwen3-8-max-vs-qwen3-8-max-preview)
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- [Mistral Medium 3.5 128B profile](/models/mistral-medium-3-5-128b)
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