# Command A vs Mistral Medium 3.1

> Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Medium 3.1 costs 5.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command A's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-a-vs-mistral-medium-3-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 1 category and Mistral Medium 3.1 in 1 category; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Mistral Medium 3.1 leads 55.5 to 47.6.
- Mistral Medium 3.1 is cheaper at $0.40 / $2 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- Command A accepts more context: 256K tokens versus 131K.
- Command A has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Command A | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 31.9 |
| Rank | 215 | 266 |
| Context | 256K | 131K |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | $0.40 |
| Output $/M | $10 | $2 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Command A: 27.2 (#322)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Command A: 35.9 (#40)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- Command A: 18.3 (#283)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: 10.6 (#341)

| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 6.5% |
| Thematic Generalization | — | 20.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | — |
| DTBench | 61.3% | — |
| LMCA | 10.3% | — |

## Math

- Command A: 36.2 (#171)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | — |

## Knowledge

- Command A: 37.1 (#159)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | — |

## Multilingual

- Command A: 45.3 (#170)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | — |
| LMArena French | 1351 | — |
| LMArena German | 1341 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Command A: 69.1 (#177)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | — |

## Long Context

- Command A: 40.6 (#151)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: —

| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Command A: 47.6 (#208)
- Mistral Medium 3.1: 55.5 (#145)

| Benchmark | Command A | Mistral Medium 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | 1476 |
| LMArena Text | 1331 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command A better than Mistral Medium 3.1?

Command A is the stronger model overall, scoring 36.5 to 31.9 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Medium 3.1 costs 5.5× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Command A's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Command A 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; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Command A does, with 256K tokens against 131K.

### How many benchmarks do Command A and Mistral Medium 3.1 share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Mistral Medium 3.1 has 3.