Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 vs Qwen3 30B A3B
Compare Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 by Mistral AI against Qwen3 30B A3B by Qwen, in 20 community votes, mistral devstral small 1.1 wins 63% of head-to-head duels, tested across 55 shared challenges. Updated April 2026.
Which is better, Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 or Qwen3 30B A3B?
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 is the better choice overall, winning 63% of 20 blind community votes on Rival. Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 costs $0.1/M input tokens vs $0/M for Qwen3 30B A3B. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 and Qwen3 30B A3B
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 is made by mistral while Qwen3 30B A3B is from qwen. On pricing, Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 costs $0.1/M input tokens vs $0/M for Qwen3 30B A3B. In community voting, In 20 community votes, Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 wins 63% of head-to-head duels.
In 20 community votes, Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 wins 63% of head-to-head duels. Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 leads in Web Design, Reasoning, while Qwen3 30B A3B leads in Image Generation. Based on blind community voting from the Rival open dataset of 20+ human preference judgments for this pair.
Pick Mistral Devstral Small 1.1. In 20 blind votes, Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 wins 63% of the time. That's not luck.
Pick Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 for Web Design, Reasoning. Pick Qwen3 30B A3B for Image Generation.
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