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Qwen3.6 27B vs Mistral Medium 3.5

Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba (Qwen)
Mistral Medium 3.5Mistral AI
Our take

Qwen3.6 27B and Mistral Medium 3.5 trade wins evenly on our provisional scores, but Qwen3.6 27B is 2.2× cheaper for everyday text work. Pick Qwen3.6 27B when quality matters most, Qwen3.6 27B at volume.

Overall1818
Coding–19
Writing–35
Support–40
Value13Best9
Input / 1M$0.60Best$1.50
Output / 1M$3.60Best$7.50
Blended / 1M$1.35Best$3.00
Context window262K262K
Open weightsYesYes
Released22 Apr 202629 Apr 2026

Your monthly bill

50k
Qwen3.6 27B$270Cheapest
Mistral Medium 3.5$600
List prices, a quarter of the tokens as output. Scores are provisional, from Arena and Epoch AI.