Compare / Qwen3.5-122B-A10B vs Mistral Large 2.1 (2411)
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B vs Mistral Large 2.1 (2411)
Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 11 results on 3 sources that measured both models.
Of the 11 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.
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B 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.
- Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is newer: released 24 Feb 2026, against 18 Nov 2024 for Mistral Large 2.1 (2411).
- On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B does better for writing; Mistral Large 2.1 (2411) for sticking to the facts.
Head to head
Every fact side by side
| Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Mistral Large 2.1 (2411) | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per million tokens | $0.26 in · $2.08 out | Not on sale |
| Blended (3 in : 1 out) | $0.72 | – |
| Cheapest host, blended | $0.72 (Alibaba) | – |
| Intelligence Index | 17.7 | – |
| Spring Prompt overall | – | – |
| Output speed, tokens a second | 147 | – |
| Context window | 262,144 tokens | – |
| Released | 24 Feb 2026 (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 | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Mistral Large 2.1 (2411) |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results | ||
| Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 117 · 251 of 387 measured | 1,416 | 1,306 |
| Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 105 · 250 of 380 measured | 1,422 | 1,294 |
| Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 136 · 242 of 385 measured | 1,366 | 1,276 |
| UGI Leaderboard reported by UGI Leaderboard · 3 results | ||
| Writing score · UGIscore out of 100, higher is better 112 · 118 of 230 measured | 39.5no reasoning | 37.8 |
| Requested-length error · UGI% off the requested word count, lower is better 33 · 49 of 230 measured | 9.0%thinking reasoning | 11.0% |
| Style adherence · UGIscore from 0 to 1, higher is better 83 · 55 of 230 measured | 0.36no reasoning | 0.37 |
| Vectara Hallucination Leaderboard reported by Vectara Hallucination Leaderboard · 2 results | ||
| Hallucination rate · Vectara% of summaries, lower is better 72 · 8 of 104 measured | 11.2% | 4.5% |
| Answer rate · Vectara% of documents, higher is better 31 · 17 of 104 measured | 99.8% | 99.9% |
Show all 11 results (3 more)
| Measure | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Mistral Large 2.1 (2411) |
|---|---|---|
| Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results | ||
| Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better 111 · 260 of 338 measured | 1,442 | 1,271 |
| Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 115 · 240 of 387 measured | 1,406 | 1,295 |
| Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 125 · 233 of 386 measured | 1,387 | 1,298 |
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Quick answers
Is Qwen3.5-122B-A10B 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, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Mistral Large 2.1 (2411)?
Mistral Large 2.1 (2411) ranks 81 of 164 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 95 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.
Which is better for writing, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Mistral Large 2.1 (2411)?
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ranks 102 of 188 models on sale for what people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality, against 142 for Mistral Large 2.1 (2411).
Which is better for sticking to the facts, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Mistral Large 2.1 (2411)?
Mistral Large 2.1 (2411) ranks 6 of 152 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 108 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.
Run Qwen3.5-122B-A10B and Mistral Large 2.1 (2411) on your own prompt
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