Model comparison

ERNIE 5.1 vs Mistral Medium 3.1

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

ERNIE 5.1 Baidu

43.1

Rank #87 Confirmed

Mistral Medium 3.1 Mistral AI

31.5

Rank #260 Reported

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Medium 3.1 in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 20.9 to 10.1.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 23.4% for ERNIE 5.1 and 6.5% for Mistral Medium 3.1.

Side by side

ERNIE 5.1 and Mistral Medium 3.1 specifications
ERNIE 5.1Mistral Medium 3.1
ProviderBaiduMistral AI
Noometry Index43.131.5
Released——
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—131K
Max output—105K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.40
Output $ / M tokens—$2
Results tracked193

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: 43.4 (#78), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Coding1488—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: —, Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Search1227—

Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 20.9 (#209), Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.1 (#336)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Mistral Medium 3.1
NYT Connections (extended)23.4%6.5%
Thematic Generalization—20.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts1481—

Math Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: 37.5 (#96), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Math1481—

Knowledge Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: 41.2 (#103), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Expert1491—

Multilingual Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: 55.7 (#28), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Non-English1455—
LMArena Chinese1507—
LMArena French1486—
LMArena German1470—
LMArena Japanese1422—
LMArena Korean1428—
LMArena Russian1459—
LMArena Spanish1472—

Instruction Following Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: 76.9 (#35), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Instruction Following1460—

Long Context Not comparable

ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#56), Mistral Medium 3.1: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Longer Query1462—

Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads

ERNIE 5.1: 65.3 (#50), Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.6 (#140)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkERNIE 5.1Mistral Medium 3.1
LMArena Text1468—
LMArena Creative Writing1440—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1476
LMArena Multi-Turn1471—

Frequently asked questions

Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Mistral Medium 3.1?

ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.1 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.

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