Which is better for coding — Mistral Large 2 or Qwen3.5-397B-A17B?

Direct comparison on the SWE-Bench benchmark is not available. We recommend reviewing other metrics on the comparison page.

Which model is cheaper — Mistral Large 2 or Qwen3.5-397B-A17B?

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Which has a larger context window — Mistral Large 2 or Qwen3.5-397B-A17B?

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Mistral Large 2 vs Qwen3.5-397B-A17B: Specs & Benchmark Comparison

Characteristic	Mistral Large 2	Qwen3.5-397B-A17B
Company	Mistral AI	Alibaba
Release Date	July 24, 2024	February 15, 2026
Parameters	123B	397B
Multimodal	No	Yes
Context (input)	128K	—
Context (output)	128K	—
Input Price / 1M	$2.00	—
Output Price / 1M	$6.00	—
Average Score	0.9	0.9

Verdict

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B leads in 1 out of 2 comparison categories.

Overall Performance

Both models show comparable average scores: Mistral Large 2 — 0.9, Qwen3.5-397B-A17B — 0.9.

Recency

Qwen3.5-397B-A17B is newer: released 2/15/2026 vs 7/24/2024.

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The Mistral Large 2 and Qwen3.5-397B-A17B comparison is updated for 2026. Data includes benchmark results, API pricing, context window size and other specifications. For more detailed information, visit the Mistral Large 2 or Qwen3.5-397B-A17B page. See also the complete list of AI model comparisons.