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Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 vs Mistral Large 2.1 (2411)
Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 17 results on 3 sources that measured both models.
Of the 17 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.
Results as of 9 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-09-dd620e778ac5). See also Alibaba vs Mistral AI, every model from both labs.
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 or Mistral Large 2.1 (2411)? The short answer
They score and cost about the same: pick on the results below that match your work.
- Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 is newer: released 29 Jul 2025, against 18 Nov 2024 for Mistral Large 2.1 (2411).
- On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 does better for agents and tool use.
Head to head
Every fact side by side
| Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 | Mistral Large 2.1 (2411) | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per million tokens | $0.090 in · $0.30 out | Not on sale |
| Blended (3 in : 1 out) | $0.14 | – |
| Cheapest host, blended | $0.084 (StreamLake) | – |
| Intelligence Index | 7.5 | – |
| Spring Prompt overall | – | – |
| Output speed, tokens a second | – | – |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens | – |
| Released | 29 Jul 2025 (newer) | 18 Nov 2024 |
| Weights | Open | Closed |
| Developer based in | China | France |
Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.
Which is better for what
Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.
Every shared result
Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.
| Measure | Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 | Mistral Large 2.1 (2411) |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results | ||
| Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 162 · 251 of 387 measured | 1,383 | 1,306 |
| Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 144 · 250 of 380 measured | 1,397 | 1,294 |
| Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 186 · 242 of 385 measured | 1,319 | 1,276 |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) V4 reported by Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) V4 · 3 results | ||
| Overall accuracy · BFCL% correct, higher is better 32 · 35 of 81 measured | 41.4%bfcl fc | 38.4%bfcl fc |
| Irrelevance detection · BFCL% correct, higher is better 49 · 64 of 81 measured | 79.9%bfcl fc | 68.9%bfcl fc |
| Memory · BFCL% correct, higher is better 38 · 23 of 81 measured | 17.6%bfcl fc | 25.0%bfcl fc |
| UGI Leaderboard reported by UGI Leaderboard · 3 results | ||
| Writing score · UGIscore out of 100, higher is better 163 · 118 of 230 measured | 27.9 | 37.8 |
| Requested-length error · UGI% off the requested word count, lower is better 57 · 49 of 230 measured | 13.0% | 11.0% |
| Style adherence · UGIscore from 0 to 1, higher is better 187 · 55 of 230 measured | 0.31 | 0.37 |
Show all 17 results (8 more)
| Measure | Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 | Mistral Large 2.1 (2411) |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results | ||
| Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better 163 · 260 of 338 measured | 1,395 | 1,271 |
| Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 164 · 240 of 387 measured | 1,367 | 1,295 |
| Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 176 · 233 of 386 measured | 1,342 | 1,298 |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) V4 reported by Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) V4 · 5 results | ||
| Multi-turn tasks · BFCL% correct, higher is better 34 · 46 of 81 measured | 30.0%bfcl fc | 14.1%bfcl fc |
| Relevance detection · BFCL% correct, higher is better 8 · 8 of 81 measured | 93.8%bfcl prompt | 93.8%bfcl fc |
| Single-turn calls (curated) · BFCL% correct, higher is better 9 · 40 of 81 measured | 88.9%bfcl prompt | 84.7%bfcl fc |
| Single-turn calls (user-contributed) · BFCL% correct, higher is better 22 · 4 of 81 measured | 78.4%bfcl prompt | 81.9%bfcl fc |
| Web search · BFCL% correct, higher is better 30 · 25 of 81 measured | 22.5%bfcl fc | 28.0%bfcl fc |
Compare them with other models
Quick answers
Is Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 better than Mistral Large 2.1 (2411)?
They score and cost about the same: pick on the results below that match your work.
Which is better for agents and tool use, Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 or Mistral Large 2.1 (2411)?
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 ranks 75 of 164 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 81 for Mistral Large 2.1 (2411).
Which is better for writing, Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 or Mistral Large 2.1 (2411)?
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 ranks 140 of 188 models on sale for what people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality, against 142 for Mistral Large 2.1 (2411).
Run Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 and Mistral Large 2.1 (2411) on your own prompt
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