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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) vs Mistral 7B

Mistral 7B comes out ahead, 47 to 36 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)

    Released Jan 2024

    36/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.50 / $1.40
    • Context8K
    Full specs Remove Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)
  2. Our pick

    Mistral AI

    Mistral 7B

    Released Sep 27, 2023

    47/100
    • ECI—
    • Price$0.25 / $0.25
    • Context8K
    Full specs Remove Mistral 7B

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01 — Verdict

Mistral 7B is our pick

Mistral 7B is the better all-round choice, scoring 47/100 against Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) (36). It leads on price. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

  • CapabilityNot enough dataNo independent benchmark covers every model here yet
  • Lowest priceMistral 7BMistral 7B $0.25 · Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) $0.725 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextQwen Plus Character (Japanese)Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) 8,192 · Mistral 7B 8,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsSame inputsQwen Plus Character (Japanese): Text · Mistral 7B: Text
  • Self-hostingMistral 7BPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightQwen Plus Character (Japanese)Mistral 7B
Price50%5778
Inputs & features30%2525
Context window20%00
Overall100%36/10047/100

Left out because at least one model lacks the data: capability. The remaining weights were rescaled.

02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

Highlighted cells lead their row. Dashes mean the data is not published.

Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) vs Mistral 7B specifications side by side
SpecificationQwen Plus Character (Japanese)Alibaba (Qwen)Mistral 7BMistral AI
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)——
ECI rank——
Price per million tokens
Input$0.50$0.25 (best)
Output$1.40$0.25 (best)
Cached input——
Blended (3:1)$0.725$0.25 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Alibaba APIOfficial Mistral API
Limits
Context window8,192 tokens (best)8,000 tokens
Max output512 tokens8,000 tokens (best)
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesNoNo
PDFsNoNo
AudioNoNo
VideoNoNo
ReasoningNoNo
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputNoNo
Availability
WeightsProprietaryOpen
API model IDqwen-plus-character-jaopen-mistral-7b
API providers11
ReleasedJan 2024Sep 27, 2023
Knowledge cutoffApr 2024Dec 2023
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Qwen Plus Character (Japanese)$7.80
  • Mistral 7B$3.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) or Mistral 7B?

Mistral 7B is the better all-round choice, scoring 47/100 against Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) (36). It leads on price. The score weighs price 50%, inputs & features 30%, context window 20%. None of the shared benchmarks cover every model here yet, so capability is left out of this verdict.

Which is cheaper, Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) or Mistral 7B?

Mistral 7B is cheaper at $0.25 input / $0.25 output per million tokens (official Mistral API price). Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) costs $0.50 input / $1.40 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.25 per million tokens for Mistral 7B versus $0.725 for Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) (2.9× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

There is no independent benchmark that covers both models yet. Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) has not been scored yet and Mistral 7B has not been scored yet.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) and Mistral 7B yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. Test both on a sample of your own tasks. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) has the largest context window at 8,192 tokens, against 8,000 for Mistral 7B. Maximum output per response: Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) up to 512, Mistral 7B up to 8,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) accepts text; Mistral 7B accepts text. They handle the same number of input types.

Are any of these open source?

Mistral 7B publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) is the newest, released Jan 2024. Mistral 7B came out Sep 27, 2023. Knowledge cutoff: Qwen Plus Character (Japanese) Apr 2024, Mistral 7B Dec 2023.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

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