# Claude Instant vs Mistral Medium 3.1

> Mistral Medium 3.1 has enough public results to be ranked (#260); Claude Instant does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-instant-vs-mistral-medium-3-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Claude Instant leads 18.8 to 10.1.

## Snapshot

| | Claude Instant | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 31.5 |
| Rank | — | 260 |
| Context | — | 131K |
| Input $/M | — | $0.40 |
| Output $/M | — | $2 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Claude Instant: —
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| HumanEval+ | 50.6% | — |

## Reasoning

- Claude Instant: 18.8
- Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.1 (#336)

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 6.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 20.3% |
| DTBench | 45.8% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.2 | — |

## Math

- Claude Instant: —
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| GSM8K | 86.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Claude Instant: —
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 86.3% | — |
| MMLU | 73.4% | — |
| TriviaQA | 78.9% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude Instant: —
- Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.6 (#140)

| Benchmark | Claude Instant | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1476 |

## FAQ

### Is Claude Instant better than Mistral Medium 3.1?

Mistral Medium 3.1 has enough public results to be ranked (#260); Claude Instant does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Claude Instant and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude Instant has 7 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.