Model comparison
Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Nova 2.0 Pro Preview
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 32.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads 21.7 to 16.6.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Amazon |
| Noometry Index | 39.6 | 32.8 |
| Released | — | 2025-12-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 210K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $7.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 35.7 (#208), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 40.2 (#130)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1263 | — |
| SciCode | — | 42.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1461 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: —, Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.9 (#127)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | — | 2% |
Reasoning Nova 2.0 Pro Preview leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 16.6 (#290), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: 21.7 (#189)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 41.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 12.9% | — |
| CritPt | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1436 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.42 | — |
Math Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.4 (#113), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1432 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.3 (#123), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1431 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: 37.6 (#64), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1222 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: 52.1 (#93), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1405 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1443 | — |
| LMArena French | 1448 | — |
| LMArena German | 1453 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1387 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1396 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1406 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.7 (#87), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1414 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#101), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1414 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.6 (#113), Nova 2.0 Pro Preview: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Nova 2.0 Pro Preview |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1421 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1372 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 993 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1423 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 better than Nova 2.0 Pro Preview?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.6 to 32.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 or Nova 2.0 Pro Preview better for coding?
Nova 2.0 Pro Preview scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.2 versus 35.7 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.5 and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22 scored results on Noometry and Nova 2.0 Pro Preview has 3.