Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 vs Qwen3 Coder
Compare Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 by Mistral AI against Qwen3 Coder by Qwen, in 17 community votes, qwen3 coder wins 73% of head-to-head duels, tested across 55 shared challenges. Updated April 2026.
Which is better, Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 or Qwen3 Coder?
Qwen3 Coder is the better choice overall, winning 73% of 17 blind community votes on Rival. Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 costs $0.1/M input tokens vs $0.22/M for Qwen3 Coder. Compare their real outputs side by side below.
Key Differences Between Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 and Qwen3 Coder
Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 is made by mistral while Qwen3 Coder is from qwen. On pricing, Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 costs $0.1/M input tokens vs $0.22/M for Qwen3 Coder. In community voting, In 17 community votes, Qwen3 Coder wins 73% of head-to-head duels.
In 17 community votes, Qwen3 Coder wins 73% of head-to-head duels. Qwen3 Coder leads in Reasoning, Web Design. Based on blind community voting from the Rival open dataset of 17+ human preference judgments for this pair.
Pick Qwen3 Coder. In 17 blind votes, Qwen3 Coder wins 73% of the time. That's not luck.
Qwen3 Coder particularly excels in Web Design, Reasoning. Mistral Devstral Small 1.1 is 3.2x cheaper per token — worth considering if cost matters.
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