Mistral Large 2 vs Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Mistral Large 2 shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.
Mistral AI · Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Mistral Large 2 outperforms in 2 benchmarks (HumanEval, MMLU), while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (GSM8k). Mistral Large 2 shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.
Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Mistral Large 2
- you want the strongest raw capability — it leads on 2 of 3 shared benchmarks
Choose Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2024
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
Mistral Large 2 outperforms in 2 benchmarks (HumanEval, MMLU), while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is better at 1 benchmark (GSM8k).
Mistral Large 2 shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Playground indexes and blind preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Mistral Large 2 has 108.3B more parameters than Qwen2.5 14B Instruct, making it 736.7% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only Mistral Large 2 specifies input context (128,000 tokens). Only Mistral Large 2 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).
License
Usage and distribution terms
Mistral Large 2 is licensed under Mistral Research License, while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Mistral Research License
Open weights
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Mistral Large 2 was released on 2024-07-24, while Qwen2.5 14B Instruct was released on 2024-09-19.
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is 2 months newer than Mistral Large 2.
Jul 24, 2024
2.1 years ago
Sep 19, 2024
1.9 years ago
1mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.
Unable to compare the recency of their training data.
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Mistral Large 2 and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Mistral Large 2 vs Qwen2.5 14B Instruct.