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Qwen3.5-122B-A10B vs Mistral Small 3

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 17 results on 4 sources that measured both models.

AlibabaQwen3.5-122B-A10B Released 24 Feb 2026 · $0.26 in · $2.08 out
Mistral AIMistral Small 3 Released 30 Jan 2025 · $0.050 in · $0.080 out
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B wins 15Mistral Small 3 wins 2

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.

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Mistral Small 3? The short answer

Pick Qwen3.5-122B-A10B if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 17.7 against 6.7). Pick Mistral Small 3 if cost matters more: it costs 12 times less per token.

  • Mistral Small 3 is cheaper: $0.058 against $0.72 per million tokens, 12 times less.
  • Qwen3.5-122B-A10B scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 17.7 against 6.7.
  • Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is newer: released 24 Feb 2026, against 30 Jan 2025 for Mistral Small 3.
  • On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Qwen3.5-122B-A10B does better for reasoning and knowledge and writing; Mistral Small 3 for sticking to the facts.

Head to head

17.7
Intelligence Index
6.7
$0.72
Price per million tokens, blendedlower is better
$0.058
262,144
Context window, tokens
32,768

Every fact side by side

Qwen3.5-122B-A10BMistral Small 3
Price per million tokens$0.26 in · $2.08 out$0.050 in · $0.080 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$0.72$0.058
Cheapest host, blended$0.72 (Alibaba)–
Intelligence Index17.76.7
Spring Prompt overall––
Output speed, tokens a second147–
Context window262,144 tokens32,768 tokens
Released24 Feb 2026 (newer)30 Jan 2025
WeightsOpenOpen
Developer based inChinaFrance

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.

Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 95 of 164 not measured
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 87 of 198 193 of 198
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 102 of 188 156 of 188
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 108 of 152 9 of 152

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.

MeasureQwen3.5-122B-A10BMistral Small 3
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results
Overall · TextArena rating, higher is better 117 · 279 of 387 measured 1,416 1,274
Business, management and finance · TextArena rating, higher is better 105 · 280 of 380 measured 1,422 1,259
Creative writing · TextArena rating, higher is better 136 · 281 of 385 measured 1,366 1,227
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 114 · 222 of 243 measured 17.7no reasoning 6.7
GPQA Diamond% of questions, higher is better 75 · 209 of 231 measured 85.7% 46.2%
Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 92 · 221 of 242 measured 25.2% 3.8%
UGI Leaderboard reported by UGI Leaderboard · 3 results
Writing score · UGIscore out of 100, higher is better 112 · 131 of 230 measured 39.5no reasoning 33.9
Requested-length error · UGI% off the requested word count, lower is better 33 · 25 of 230 measured 9.0%thinking reasoning 8.0%
Style adherence · UGIscore from 0 to 1, higher is better 83 · 103 of 230 measured 0.36no reasoning 0.35
Vectara Hallucination Leaderboard reported by Vectara Hallucination Leaderboard · 2 results
Hallucination rate · Vectara% of summaries, lower is better 72 · 10 of 104 measured 11.2% 5.1%
Answer rate · Vectara% of documents, higher is better 31 · 79 of 104 measured 99.8% 97.9%
Show all 17 results (6 more)
MeasureQwen3.5-122B-A10BMistral Small 3
Arena (formerly LMArena) reported by Arena (formerly LMArena) · 3 results
Expert prompts · TextArena rating, higher is better 111 · 271 of 338 measured 1,442 1,259
Instruction following · TextArena rating, higher is better 115 · 279 of 387 measured 1,406 1,255
Writing, literature and language · TextArena rating, higher is better 125 · 282 of 386 measured 1,387 1,248
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results
IFBench% of instructions, higher is better 22 · 190 of 195 measured 75.7% 26.4%
Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 72 · 222 of 233 measured 76.3% 0.0%
τ²-bench telecom% of tasks, higher is better 30 · 168 of 193 measured 93.6% 19.6%

Quick answers

Is Qwen3.5-122B-A10B better than Mistral Small 3?

Pick Qwen3.5-122B-A10B if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 17.7 against 6.7). Pick Mistral Small 3 if cost matters more: it costs 12 times less per token.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Mistral Small 3?

Mistral Small 3 is cheaper: $0.058 against $0.72 per million tokens, 12 times less.

Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Mistral Small 3?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ranks 87 of 198 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 193 for Mistral Small 3.

Which is better for writing, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Mistral Small 3?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B ranks 102 of 188 models on sale for what people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality, against 156 for Mistral Small 3.

Which is better for sticking to the facts, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Mistral Small 3?

Mistral Small 3 ranks 9 of 152 models on sale for summarising without inventing things, and factual answers, against 108 for Qwen3.5-122B-A10B.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B or Mistral Small 3?

Qwen3.5-122B-A10B: 262,144 tokens, against 32,768 for Mistral Small 3.

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