Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) vs Qwen2 7B Instruct Comparison

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) outperforms in 2 benchmarks (GPQA, LiveCodeBench), while Qwen2 7B Instruct is better at 0 benchmarks.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

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Mistral AI
Mistral Large 3 (675B Base)
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 7B Instruct
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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Model Size

Parameter count comparison

667.4B diff

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) has 667.4B more parameters than Qwen2 7B Instruct, making it 8758.3% larger.

Mistral AI
Mistral Large 3 (675B Base)
675.0Bparameters
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 7B Instruct
7.6Bparameters
675.0B
Mistral Large 3 (675B Base)
7.6B
Qwen2 7B Instruct

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) supports multimodal inputs, whereas Qwen2 7B Instruct does not.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Qwen2 7B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under Apache 2.0.

Both models share the same licensing terms, providing consistent usage rights.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base)

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Qwen2 7B Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) was released on 2025-12-04, while Qwen2 7B Instruct was released on 2024-07-23.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base) is 17 months newer than Qwen2 7B Instruct.

Mistral Large 3 (675B Base)

Dec 4, 2025

3 months ago

1.4yr newer
Qwen2 7B Instruct

Jul 23, 2024

1.6 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

Supports multimodal inputs
Higher GPQA score (43.9% vs 25.3%)
Higher LiveCodeBench score (34.4% vs 26.6%)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team

Qwen2 7B Instruct

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Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
Mistral AI
Mistral Large 3 (675B Base)
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Qwen2 7B Instruct