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Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B vs Mistral Medium (latest)

Compare pricing, context limits, supported inputs and deployment options to choose a model for your workflow.

Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B from Qwen lists 196.61K context, 65.54K maximum output. Mistral Medium (latest) from Mistral AI lists 262.14K context, 262.14K maximum output, $1.50 input per 1M tokens, $7.50 output per 1M tokens. Compare the inputs, outputs and deployment options below to see which fits your workflow.

Side-by-sideCapabilities and practical differences

Qwen

Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B

Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B is a source-linked Hugging Face repository assigned to Image-text-to-text. Its recorded task interface accepts image, text and produces text.

Context
196.61K
Max output
65.54K

Accepts

  • Image input
  • Text input

Produces

  • Text output
Full model profileModel card on Hugging Face ↗
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Mistral AI

Mistral Medium (latest)

Mistral Medium (latest) from Mistral AI: Balanced Mistral model for enterprise assistants, multilingual work, and tools.

Context
262.14K
Max output
262.14K
Input / 1M tokens
$1.50
Output / 1M tokens
$7.50

Accepts

  • Text input
  • Image input

Produces

  • Text output
Full model profilegithub.com ↗

At a glance

Key differences

Compare the available figures below, then try both models on the work you need to do.

Mistral Medium (latest)

  • Context capacity: 262.14K
  • Maximum output: 262.14K

Context capacity

Higher listed limit

Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B:196.61K

Mistral Medium (latest):262.14K

Mistral Medium (latest)

Maximum output

Higher listed limit

Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B:65.54K

Mistral Medium (latest):262.14K

Mistral Medium (latest)

Specifications

Pricing, limits and capabilities

Specifications for Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B and Mistral Medium (latest). Higher limits and lower prices describe these figures only.
SpecificationQwen/Qwen3.6-27BMistral Medium (latest)
ProviderQwenMistral AI
Listed pricing routeQwenMistral AI
Model family—mistral-medium
Accepted inputsimage, texttext, image
Produced outputstexttext
Context window196.61K262.14KHigher
Max output65.54K262.14KHigher
Input price / 1M—$1.50
Output price / 1M—$7.50
Reasoning modeDocumentedDocumented
Tool callingDocumentedDocumented
Image inputDocumentedDocumented
Audio inputNot documentedNot documented
Structured outputNot documentedDocumented
LicenseNot documentedOpen weights

Workload guidance

Which model should you choose?

Consider Mistral Medium (latest) if you need larger context or larger maximum output. Test both on the same representative examples and judge the output against your acceptance criteria. Include tool failures, retries and the time to a completed task.

Documentation and model profiles

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