# Mistral Medium 3.5 128B vs Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/mistral-medium-3-5-128b-vs-qwen3-coder-480b-a35b
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B 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 | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Mistral | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Non-Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 256K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 33.88 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 3 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $7.50 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 20.2 (Supported · #105/124)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B | 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 |
| BFCL v3 | Coming soon | 68.7% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 22.7 (Estimated · #112/148)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | 69.6% | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 66.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 54.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 73.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 60.1 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 31.8 (Supported · #145/181)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B | 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 (#50/128)
- Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B public-lane score: Coming soon

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B?

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.

## Related Comparisons

- [Mistral Medium 3.5 128B vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-mistral-medium-3-5-128b)
- [Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B vs Claude Opus 5.5](/compare/claude-opus-5-5-vs-qwen3-coder-480b-a35b)
- [Mistral Medium 3.5 128B vs GPT-6.1 Sol](/compare/gpt-6-1-sol-vs-mistral-medium-3-5-128b)
- [Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B vs GPT-6.1 Sol](/compare/gpt-6-1-sol-vs-qwen3-coder-480b-a35b)

## Explore More

- [Mistral Medium 3.5 128B profile](/models/mistral-medium-3-5-128b)
- [Qwen3-Coder 480B-A35B profile](/models/qwen3-coder-480b-a35b)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
- [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder)
- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)