Mistral Medium 3.5 is a dense 128B instruction-following model from Mistral AI. It supports text and image inputs with text output, and is designed for agentic workflows, coding, and complex...
Model details →Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Qwen: Qwen3 Max
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 and Qwen: Qwen3 Max are evenly matched on 6 axes — pick the one whose provider, latency, or licensing fits your stack.
Qwen3-Max is an updated release built on the Qwen3 series, offering major improvements in reasoning, instruction following, multilingual support, and long-tail knowledge coverage compared to the January 2025 version. It...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 | Qwen: Qwen3 Max | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 262K | 262K | Tie |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $1.50 | $0.78 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 Max |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $7.50 | $3.90 | 🏆 Qwen: Qwen3 Max |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | — | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | — | 🏆 Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 better than Qwen: Qwen3 Max?
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 and Qwen: Qwen3 Max are evenly matched on 6 axes — pick the one whose provider, latency, or licensing fits your stack.
What's the price difference between Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 and Qwen: Qwen3 Max?
Input: $1.50 vs $0.78 per 1M tokens. Output: $7.50 vs $3.90 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 and Qwen: Qwen3 Max support?
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 supports up to 262K tokens. Qwen: Qwen3 Max supports up to 262K tokens.
Do both Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5 and Qwen: Qwen3 Max support tool calling?
Mistral: Mistral Medium 3.5: yes. Qwen: Qwen3 Max: yes.