Mistral Medium 3.1 vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Mistral AI vs Alibaba — benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities side by side.
- •Qwen3.6 Plus has the higher intelligence index (88.2 vs 51.5)
- •Qwen3.6 Plus is cheaper ($0.33 vs $0.40 per 1M input)
- •Qwen3.6 Plus is faster
- •Qwen3.6 Plus has a larger context window (1M)
| Mistral Medium 3.1 | Qwen3.6 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence index | 51.5 | 88.2 |
| Developer | Mistral AI | Alibaba |
| Type | Multimodal | Multimodal |
| Access | API only | API only |
| Context window | 131,072 tokens | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Input price | $0.40 / 1M | $0.33 / 1M |
| Output price | $2.00 / 1M | $1.95 / 1M |
| Speed | 47 tok/s | 52 tok/s |
| Released | August 13, 2025 | April 2, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Video |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
Shared benchmarks
Mistral Medium 3.1
Qwen3.6 Plus
GPQA Diamond
58.8
88.2
Humanity’s Last Exam
4.4
25.7