Model comparison
ERNIE 5.1 vs Mistral Medium 3.5
ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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Mistral AISummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. ERNIE 5.1 scores higher in 8 categories and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where ERNIE 5.1 leads 44.0 to 36.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 23.4% for ERNIE 5.1 and 12.9% for Mistral Medium 3.5.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Baidu | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 43.8 | 40.2 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 210K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 19 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 44.0 (#76), Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1488 | 1461 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1264 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
ERNIE 5.1: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: —
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Search | 1227 | — |
Reasoning ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 21.9 (#211), Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 23.4% | 12.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1481 | 1436 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 41.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.35 |
Math ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 40.3 (#92), Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1481 | 1431 |
Knowledge ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 41.9 (#102), Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1492 | 1432 |
Multimodal Not comparable
ERNIE 5.1: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1223 |
Multilingual ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 55.5 (#29), Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1454 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1508 | 1442 |
| LMArena French | 1488 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1470 | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | 1427 | 1385 |
| LMArena Russian | 1459 | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1473 | 1409 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1422 | — |
Instruction Following ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 76.7 (#37), Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1460 | 1415 |
Long Context ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#59), Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1462 | 1415 |
Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads
ERNIE 5.1: 65.1 (#52), Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)
| Benchmark | ERNIE 5.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1468 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1441 | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1471 | 1423 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |
Frequently asked questions
Is ERNIE 5.1 better than Mistral Medium 3.5?
ERNIE 5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 43.8 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is ERNIE 5.1 or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?
ERNIE 5.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 44.0 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do ERNIE 5.1 and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. ERNIE 5.1 has 19 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.