Model comparison
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview vs Mistral Medium 3.1
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Medium 3.1 costs 5.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview 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 Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads 71.7 to 10.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 97.4% for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and 6.5% for Mistral Medium 3.1.
- Mistral Medium 3.1 is cheaper at $0.40 / $2 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $12 for Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview.
- Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Mistral Medium 3.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | |
| Noometry Index | 56.7 | 31.9 |
| Released | 2026-02-19 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | 131K |
| Max output | 66K | 105K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | $0.40 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $12 | $2 |
| Results tracked | 71 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 42.5 (#99), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 75.6% | — |
| DeepSWE | 11.7% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1447 | — |
| SciCode | 58.9% | — |
| GSO | 22.6% | — |
| WeirdML | 72.1% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1484 | — |
| MirrorCode | 8.9% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,161 | — |
| AlgoTune | 2.02 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.7 (#34), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 80.2% | — |
| APEX-Agents | 35.3% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 26% | — |
| DeepResearch Bench | 47.8% | — |
| PostTrainBench | 22% | — |
| BALROG | 57% | — |
| ExploitBench | 26.1% | — |
| GBAEval | 0.8% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 17% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1211 | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 77% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 3,774 | — |
Reasoning Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.7 (#12), Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 97.4% | 6.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | 79.4% | 20.3% |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 77.1% | — |
| SimpleBench | 79.6% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 98% | — |
| CritPt | 17.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 55% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 36.8% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 14.3% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1485 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 34% | — |
| DTBench | 97.1% | — |
| LMCA | 53.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 154.77 | — |
| ForecastBench | 59 | — |
Math Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 62.1 (#34), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 59.6% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 26.8% | — |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | 86.5% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 95.6% | — |
| ProofBench | 26% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1485 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 36.9% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 16.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 71.8 (#3), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 94.4% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 46.4% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 73.5% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 10.4% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1485 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 37.9 (#69), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1296 | — |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 26.5% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 26.7% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1444 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 57.0 (#12), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1477 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1529 | — |
| LMArena French | 1487 | — |
| LMArena German | 1491 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1493 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1455 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1498 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1479 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 77.0 (#32), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1466 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 47.4 (#18), Mistral Medium 3.1: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | 20.8% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 16.9% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1483 | — |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: 66.1 (#37), Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1491 | 1476 |
| LMArena Text | 1481 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1482 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1142 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1488 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview better than Mistral Medium 3.1?
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.7 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Medium 3.1 costs 5.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview or Mistral Medium 3.1?
Mistral Medium 3.1 is cheaper. It lists at $0.40 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens; Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview lists at $2 and $12.
Which has the bigger context window?
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview has 71 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.