Model comparison
Mistral vs Mistral Medium 3.5
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AISummary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Medium 3.5 in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Mistral Medium 3.5 leads 40.0 to 16.6.
- Mistral Medium 3.5 has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral | Mistral Medium 3.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 29.9 | 40.2 |
| Released | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 210K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $7.50 |
| Results tracked | 22 | 22 |
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Category by category
Coding Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral: 33.8 (#250), Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1162 | 1461 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1264 |
Reasoning Mistral leads
Mistral: 22.2 (#200), Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1149 | 1436 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 41.4% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 12.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 141.35 |
Math Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral: 22.3 (#278), Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1180 | 1431 |
| Omni-MATH | 7.2% | — |
Knowledge Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral: 16.6 (#288), Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1125 | 1432 |
| MMLU-Pro | 27.7% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral: —, Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1223 |
Multilingual Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral: 32.8 (#254), Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1129 | 1404 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1109 | 1442 |
| LMArena French | 1180 | 1448 |
| LMArena German | 1155 | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | 1032 | 1385 |
| LMArena Russian | 1168 | 1395 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1143 | 1409 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1013 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral: 52.6 (#288), Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1152 | 1415 |
| IFEval | 56.8% | — |
Long Context Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral: 35.0 (#245), Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1153 | 1415 |
Writing & Preference Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral: 37.0 (#260), Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117)
| Benchmark | Mistral | Mistral Medium 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1165 | 1421 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1158 | 1374 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1147 | 1423 |
| WildBench | 66% | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 993 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral better than Mistral Medium 3.5?
Mistral Medium 3.5 is the stronger model overall, scoring 40.2 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral or Mistral Medium 3.5 better for coding?
Mistral Medium 3.5 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 36.0 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral and Mistral Medium 3.5 share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral has 22 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22.