# Mistral Medium 3.5 128B vs Qwen3 Max

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

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

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

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and Qwen3 Max 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.
- Qwen3 Max has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Qwen3 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Mistral | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 30.13 | 40.71 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 7 | 2 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $7.50 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

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

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Qwen3 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| τ³-bench results | 91.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 39.10% | 43.74% | Qwen3 Max |
| 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 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Qwen3 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 66.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 3.51% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 55.6 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3 Max 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 Max public-lane score: 55.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Mistral Medium 3.5 128B public-lane score: 39 (Supported · #140/183)
- Qwen3 Max public-lane score: 41.8 (Estimated · #125/183)

| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Qwen3 Max | 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 Max public-lane score: 52 (#80/123)

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Mistral Medium 3.5 128B and Qwen3 Max?

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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## Explore More

- [Mistral Medium 3.5 128B profile](/models/mistral-medium-3-5-128b)
- [Qwen3 Max profile](/models/qwen3-max)
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