Model comparison
Laguna M.1 vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Laguna M.1 scores higher in 2 categories and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Mistral Medium 3.5 leads 39.1 to 21.1.
Side by side
| Laguna M.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Poolside | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 32.5 | 40.2 |
| Released | 2026-04-28 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | 262K |
| Max output | 33K | 210K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 3 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
Laguna M.1: 36.6 (#204), Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1349 | 1264 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1461 |
Reasoning Laguna M.1 leads
Laguna M.1: 23.1 (#184), Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 41.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 12.9% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1436 |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 15.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.35 |
Math Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Laguna M.1: 21.1 (#283), Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 0% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1431 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Laguna M.1: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1432 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Laguna M.1: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1223 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Laguna M.1: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1442 |
| LMArena French | — | 1448 |
| LMArena German | — | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1385 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1409 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Laguna M.1: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1415 |
Long Context Not comparable
Laguna M.1: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1415 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Laguna M.1: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)
| Benchmark | Laguna M.1 | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1374 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1423 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Laguna M.1 better than Mistral Medium 3.5?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 to 32.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Laguna M.1 or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (36.6 vs 36.0); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 262K tokens.
How many benchmarks do Laguna M.1 and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Laguna M.1 has 3 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.